Wyndham City Council has welcomed the Victorian Premier’s announcement that Eagle Stadium will become a State-run vaccination hub.
Wyndham Mayor, Adele Hegedich said the iconic stadium was ideally positioned to vaccinate up to 1,000 people a day in all age brackets over 18.
“It’s been just over a week since Wyndham made the call to the State Government to ramp up vaccination access in our City and it’s great to see our calls have been heard,” Mayor Hegedich said.
“Since the pandemic began Wyndham has worked hand-in-hand with the State Government to ensure we have the strongest possible response in place to keep our community safe. You could say we’re jumping through hoops to get our residents vaccinated.
“We know that our only way out of this is vaccination that is available to everyone, particularly our young people in Wyndham who make up the majority of our community.”
The stadium’s vaccination hub, when operational, will operate seven days a week from 8am to 4.30pm, and will have both Pfizer and AstraZeneca available.
Council says the stadium and carpark will be used for sit-down and drive-through vaccinations.
“Eagle Stadium is a much-loved local venue in our community. As a vaccination hub, the stadium will be returning that love over the coming weeks and months, by making it easy and more efficient for our residents to protect themselves while staying close to home,” said Mayor Hegedich.
“Final arrangements for Eagle Stadium are still being worked through but we’re working to have it open as soon as possible.”
The Mayor said the vaccination hub at the Civic Centre would transition to Eagle Stadium once it is opened.
She said Council was still working through potential options for relocating community sport when the current lockdown ended.
“We will work with WynActive, the centre operator, and the relevant sporting associations to explore how we might be able to continue to use part of the venue for community sport once it’s able to return, but the reality is, vaccinations have to take precedence here.”
“While there are lockdowns there is no community sport. The only way to get our kids back on the courts is to get to 80 percent vaccination and the size of Eagle Stadium will help us get there quickly,” Mayor Hegedich said
“Let’s slam dunk this virus!”
