'We want to deliver': Covid vaccine delays hit vulnerable Melbourne tower residents

Community health groups have nurses, GPs and locals ready to go', but a lack of deliveries has forced them to cancel vaccination clinics

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For the past four months, in the towering Richmond housing estate of Melbourne, community health workers have been hard at work, preparing locals for the arrival of the Covid-19 vaccine.

It's a difficult but vital task. Many of the roughly 2,000 residents are vulnerable or elderly, use shared services and are densely packed into the estate's five towers, creating a high-risk Covid-19 environment.