Author: CCCAV

We are pleased to see that CCCAV is mentioned in the list of organisations for contributing to the Victoria vaccination program in a state wide celebration “Vaccine Ambassador Summit” this afternoon.

#vaccine #COVID-19

CCCAV疫苗推广的第二支视频正式推出

本项目由维州澳华社区委员会发起，并受到维多利亚州卫生部资助。本项目的目标是更好地提升华人社区疫苗接种率。

Survey Reveals High COVID-19 Vaccination Rate in Victorian Chinese Community

A recent survey conducted by the Chinese Community Council of Australia (Victoria Chapter) reveals high COVID-19 vaccination rate in the Chinese community in Victoria. Some key findings are as follows.

1. Among the respondents 94.4% have taken at least one dose, 48.1% have taken two doses. 
2. The primary brands of the vaccine taken are Pfizer (75.2%) and AstraZeneca (23.3%).
3. 41.4% of respondents showed no hesitancy in getting the vaccine, while the top two concerns about the vaccine are its side effects (31.2%) and safety (19.5%).
4. 83.5% of respondents encouraged people around them to take the vaccine.
5. Top four sources of vaccine related information are mainstream news, online articles (blogs), family and friends, and WeChat groups.
6. There is still a considerable degree of concern about the vaccine’s long-term side effects and safety.

一个可以去远方看看的世界
A world you can travel far away

一个可以和朋友吃早茶的世界
A world you can go have a brunch with friends

一个可以和家人团聚的世界
A world families can reunite

希望我的宝贝成长在这样的世界
Wish my baby will grow up in such a world

注射接种疫苗
一起让世界复原

Get the jab
Help restore the world

#COVID-19 #vaccine

CCCAV疫苗推广的第一支视频正式推出

本项目由维州澳华社区委员会发起，并受到维多利亚州卫生部资助。本项目的目标是更好地提升华人社区疫苗接种率。

COVID-19 Vaccination Survey in Chinese Community at Victoria

本项目由维州澳华社区委员会发起，并受到维多利亚州卫生部资助。本项目的目标是更好地提升华人社区疫苗接种率。

**问卷回答无对错之分，您可以选择匿名提交问卷。填写问卷耗时约1分钟。

现居住于维多利亚州的华人才可以填写本调查问卷。

您的协助对于我们提升疫苗接种率无比重要。衷心感谢您的配合。

This project is initiated by Chinese Community Council of Australia Victoria Chapter. It is also funded by the Victoria Department of Health. The aim of current project is to further improve the vaccination rate in Chinese community in Victoria.

** There is no right or wrong answer for any question. You can also choose to submit your responses anonymously. It will only take less than 1 minute to complete.

Only Chinese currently living in Victoria are eligible to respond to this survey.

Your help is extremely important to the project and we sincerely appreciate your contribution.

Speech by Marion Lau OAM at Chinese Community COVID-19 Vaccination Information Session

3 June 2021

This meeting is taking place on the land of diverse groups of traditional custodians across Victoria. I would like to pay my sincere respect to the elders past, present and emerging, and share the recognition of their continuous connection to the land, waters and culture, which I appreciate the custodians have never ceded.

I would also like to acknowledge President Jimmy Li, Professor Benjamin Cowie and Dr Steven Lu, who would be hosting and actively participating in the Q&A session, also a special thanks to my dear friend Aurora from the Health Department who has done very well and will help to answer questions that may or may not be pre-noted.

I want to offer my acknowledgement to all present members of CCCAV, their friends and their volunteer networks, and all other distinguished guests from other multicultural communities. It is very pleasing to see that we are not only servicing and providing support to the Chinese community. We are also extending support to other multicultural communities, because we are all one, we are all Australians, as I said before, regardless of the colour of our skins and where we came from. We are now here, and we are all Australians, we are all one.

I would like to acknowledge and commend CCCAV members and volunteers for all the hard work they put in to support and assist community members from the Chinese and multicultural background during this COVID period. There has been a lot of anxiety, anxiousness, anger, and fear in regard to the pandemic. But our volunteers, through CCCAV, have helped by providing their support. It is much appreciated.

There are so many mixed messages and much misinformation out there. It is most confusing to a lot of people including me. Someone like me cannot understand half the messages that have been produced by the department and the experts. I think we are very confused. Organizing information sessions like this will provide people with correct information and have their questions answered by experts Professor Cowie and Dr Lu. So, I am very pleased that CCCAV is active in doing this and I encourage you to do this more. You have my full support.

Just one last message from me, for those of you who have not had the opportunity to have the vaccination, please go and have it. It’s not only saving you but it’s saving other people’s lives as well, your friends, your relatives, your friend’s friends, everyone. So please, if you haven’t had your vaccination, please go and get it done. I am able to find a GP near me and have personally booked my vaccination appointment in a couple of days, so please have yours done. With those few words from me, have an informative and reassuring session and I know that it will be reassuring with experts like Professor Cowie and Dr Lu here to give you the correct information. And again, there is information in English and other languages.

Have a nice evening and session and I look forward to listening to your questions and answers. Thank you very much.

(Speech text transcribed by Nan Wang, Yan Ma and Jimmy Li)