Immunisation

Influenza Vaccine Now Available

Book an appointment for your flu vaccine at any of our community immunisation sessions.

The flu vaccine is funded for,

• children under 5 years of age
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
• people aged 65 years or over
• people who have medical conditions that puts them at a higher risk of influenza disease.

The influenza vaccine can be purchased at all sessions for those not eligible for the funded program.

RSV vaccine (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)

The RSV vaccine will be funded and available in 2025 for pregnant women and infants at increased risk of severe RSV.

Vaccination for pregnant women - Available at Councils Community Sessions now.

This vaccine is available at our community immunisation sessions.

From 3 February 2025 a single dose of the RSV vaccine, Abrysvo, will be funded for pregnant women between 28-36 weeks of their pregnancy.  This will protect your newborn infant from RSV.

Infant RSV protection program - From 1 April - 30 September 2025 - Available at your GP

Council cannot provide this immunisation at our community sessions due to limited supply.  You may attend your GP to have this administered if your child meets the following criteria.

Free RSV immunisation, Beyfortus (nirsevimab) will be available to eligible infants born from 1 October 2024 up to 8 months of age:

• where the mother who did not receive the maternal Abrysvo vaccine during pregnancy or
• where the maternal Abrysvo vaccine was administered < 2 weeks before birth
• who are at increased risk of severe RSV, regardless of their mother's vaccination status.

For further information visit RSV Mother and Infant Protection Program

Sessions and bookings

Bookings to our clinics are made using the Victorian Department of Health Central Immunisation Record portal.  To book an appointment for yourself or for your family, you will need to create an account on the portal. To do this you will need:

• email address
• access to the email account
• Medicare card

An appointment is required to attend all our community immunisation sessions, during the months of April, May, June and July.

May Immunisation Dates

• Thursday 1 May, 10 am to 12 noon - Liardet Street Community Centre
• Tuesday 6 May, 9.30 to 11.30 am - St Kilda Town Hall
• Tuesday 13 May, 4.30 to 6.30 pm - St Kilda Town Hall
• Saturday 17 May, 9.00 to 11 am - South Melbourne Community Centre
• Thursday 22 May, 9.30 to 11.30 am - Mary Kehoe Community Centre, Albert Park
• Saturday 24 May. 9.30 to 11.30am - South Melbourne Community Centre - Additional session
• Wednesday 28 May, 9.30 to 11.30 am - St Kilda Town Hall

If you book a session, please arrive at your scheduled appointment time.

If you are unable to make an appointment, you may still attend a session and wait to be served. Sessions are all well-staffed to ensure clients are served promptly.

Please note, we cannot assist anyone arriving later than the closing times specified.

School Vaccine Catch Up

HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccine - Did you miss out on the HPV vaccine at school?

• Australians aged 25 and under who missed out on the HPV vaccine at school can catch up for free at council's community immunisation sessions.
• The HPV vaccine is recommended for people aged 12 to 25 and offered at school in year 7.
• The HPV vaccine is safe and effective in protecting against nine types of HPV that cause most cervical cancers, other HPV related cancers and almost all cases of genital warts.

Remember any vaccine missed at school can be accessed at the community sessions.  This includes vaccines offered in year 7 and year 10 on the National Immunisation Program Schedule.  These vaccines are free until 19 years of age. 

Contact us

Our Immunisation Service team is here to help.

Send us a message on My Port Phillip.

Phone: 03 9209 6383 or 03 9209 6200

Email: immunisation@portphillip.vic.gov.au