Mum reveals the exact loophole she used to get her 14-year-old son vaccinated despite kids not being called up for the jab yet
A mother has revealed the loophole she used to get her 14-year-old son vaccinated despite kids his age not being eligible for the Covid jab.
Melanie Stot, from Brisbane, has booked her son Fraser in to receive his first dose of the jab on Sunday, even though children under 16 are not currently apart of Australia's vaccine rollout.
Ms Stot said she discovered children aged 12 to 15 could still be booked in for appointments using the QLD Health website after another mother told her about the glitch in the system.
'I wrote a bit after tongue in cheek article for the Courier-Mail last Thursday and by that afternoon I had hundreds of mums looking for ways to book their kids in,' Ms Stot told the Today show on Tuesday.
Brisbane mum Melanie Stot (pictured with son Fraser and daughter Miranda) has revealed a loophole in the QLD Health vaccine system that enables kids under 16 to receive the Covid jab
'One mum told me that you can actually log back into your Queensland Health vaccination log-in and your husband or wife have been vaccinated through the Queensland Health system, you can add your kids as dependants.'
Ms Stot said a lot of her friends followed the advice and realised they could progress to make a booking for their children.
'Clearly, the system is up and ready to go for children 12 to 15 to be vaccinated,' she said.
'We ended up booking our son in on Friday afternoon after two 14-year-old friends of his were vaccinated on Friday morning.'
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