AROUND 10 per cent of Southern Grampians residents have already received their first COVID-19 vaccination in the first four weeks of the region’s vaccine rollout, but younger people will have to wait after the State Government put AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold for those under 50 for at least two weeks.

Western District Health Service (WDHS) chief executive, Rohan Fitzgerald said the health service had administered 1592 vaccinations so far, with the Southern Grampians having the largest percentage of its population vaccinated in the Barwon South West region.