Vaccine Eligibility Checker Find out when it is your turn to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and how to book if you are eligible now.
Key points
The vaccine rollout will happen in 5 stages. People at higher risk of COVID-19 will be able to get the vaccine early.
Complete the Vaccine eligibility checker to find out when it will be your turn to get the vaccine and where to book if you are currently eligible. If you cannot complete this checker, speak with your doctor or call 134 COVID (13 42 68) for advice.
Queensland is Australia’s most decentralised and diverse state and vaccinating our population is no small feat. So please remain patient. Every Queenslander who wants to be vaccinated, will have the opportunity to be.
Queensland Health is working very closely with the Australian Government to ensure practical and sensible vaccination strategies are implemented in rural and remote communities. This means that for some rural and remote communities, a whole of community vaccination approach will be taken instead of vaccinating only those who are eligible according to the phases outlined in the National vaccination rollout strategy.
COVID-19 vaccine rollout stages
Priority frontline health care workers, staff who work in:
direct clinical care to COVID-19 positive individuals
COVID-19/Infectious Disease Wards
Emergency Departments
Intensive Care Units
Queensland Ambulance Service frontline responders
Fever and Respiratory Clinics
public and private (international) aeromedical retrieval teams
pathology staff, medical researchers and scientists working with SARS-CoV-2
Priority quarantine and border workers:
staff who work in quarantine facilities including workers who deliver health services, personal services, security services, all front and back of house hotel and cleaning services, and passenger transport services
staff who work in air and sea border security including relevant Australian Federal Police and Queensland Police Service staff
Queensland residents working in international air crew
marine pilots
Aged care and disability care workers (vaccination rollout managed by the Australian Government Health department)
Aged care and disability care residents (vaccination rollout managed by the Australian Government Health department)
Estimated population: 125k, up to 250k doses
elderly adults aged 70 years and over
other health care workers
All workers in Queensland Health facilities who have contact with the public. As a guide this includes:
clinical staff including assistants
interpreters
volunteers
laboratory staff
ancillary staff such as administrative staff, IT support, kitchen staff, cleaners, maintenance, hospital retailers, security
contractors, locum and agency staff
health professional students on placement.
Queensland Health Healthcare workers including students and support staff who have contact with the public in all other settings.
Healthcare workers in private practice
Any other healthcare workers not employed by Queensland Health
disability and aged care workers
Essential carers (paid and unpaid) including carers who are also family members of someone with disability or an elderly person
Individuals not already vaccinated who have contact with clients in any care setting (e.g. residential facility, in-home, short-term out-of-home, respite, community care, centre-based care and leisure settings)
Individuals who are volunteers and provide support to a person with a disability or elderly person in any care setting
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults over 55
Who have a moderate risk of severe illness from COVID-19 if you have:
adult survivors of childhood cancers
a non-haematological cancer (diagnosed in the last 12 months)
some chronic inflammatory conditions and treatments other primary or acquired immunodeficiency
severe mental health conditions
chronic renal (kidney) failure
heart disease (coronary heart disease or failure)
chronic lung disease (excludes mild or moderate asthma)
diabetes
severe obesity with a BMI ≥ 40 (kg/m2)
chronic liver disease
some neurological conditions (stroke, dementia, other)
poorly controlled blood pressure
Down syndrome, muscular dystrophy, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury.
Who have a high risk of severe illness from COVID 19 if you:
have had an organ transplant and are on immune suppressive therapy
have had a bone marrow transplant in the last 24 months have haematological diseases or cancers including leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma
are on immune suppressive therapy for graft versus host disease.
critical and high risk workers including defence, police, fire, emergency services, meat processing and other industry groups
Emergency service personnel (paid and unpaid) who have contact with the public. Workers include:
police
fire
emergency services
surf life savers
marine rescue
Queensland Corrective Services including Youth Detention Centres.
Licensed meat processing workers:
Abattoir workers, including attending veterinarians
Workers in boning rooms
Smallgoods manufacturers
Cold chain transport workforce
Seafood processing
Workers at international airports
Maritime industry workers
Workers involved in manufacture and distribution/delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
Active Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and Australian Government officials about to be deployed or currently deployed overseas on official government business
household contacts of quarantine workers, border workers and healthcare workers who are at a higher risk of having contact with COVID-positive patients
Estimated population: 1.049m, up to 2.098m doses
Adults aged 50-69 years
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 18-54
Other critical and high risk workers
Estimated population: 1.255m, up to 2.51m doses
Balance of adult population
Catch up any unvaccinated Australians from previous phases
Estimated population: 1.496m, up to 2.992m doses
People under the age of 18 if recommended
Estimated population: 1.177m, up to 2.354m doses
Vaccination process
Vaccination hub locations
Every hospital and health service in Queensland will be providing vaccinations as part of Queensland’s rollout. The following vaccination locations are now offering vaccines, by invitation, to eligible health care workers and other critical and high-risk workers.