The plea for young people in New South Wales to get vaccinated is being made easier for some regional areas, with mass vaccination clinics opening in the state's north.
The University of New England will open a drop-in COVID vaccination clinic in Inverell on Friday offering the AstraZeneca vaccine for anyone over 18.
It comes following the success of Armidale's drop-in vaccination clinic, which opened last weekend and vaccinated more than 500 people.
The pop-up clinic will re-open this Saturday.
The regional vaccination effort comes as the state recorded its largest daily total ever recorded for COVID-19 with 633 cases.
Young people roll up sleeves
Meanwhile, pharmacies around regional NSW have begun offering the AstraZeneca vaccine as well and young people are making the most of the opportunity.
Council worker Thomas Baxter has been waiting for the opportunity since the government announced the vaccine was available for people under 40, but appointments via health and GP websites have been elusive.
As soon as he heard pharmacies were offering the vaccine he said he jumped straight online, despite having a slight needle phobia.
"Both my parents have had their first doses so it's good to be on par with them," Ms Baxter said.
He said when cases turned up in Armidale and fragments were detected in sewage in Tamworth recently it felt too close to home.
"Up until two weeks ago things were OK here and it didn't feel too bad," Mr Baxter said.
Pharmacies support rollout
Greg Willday operates a pharmacy in Tamworth and is happy to be able to deliver vaccines to customers.
He said he put in an expression of interest to offer the vaccine back in February and was disappointed it had taken so long for the rollout to get underway.
"People have been asking about the vaccine for a while," Mr Willday said.
He says the vaccine uptake so far has been "fantastic".
Cooper Thompson, 22, works with young children and says getting the vaccine is a "no-brainer".
He had his first dose of AstraZeneca at his local pharmacy too.
