Anti-vaxxers making fake bookings at GP clinic

The appointments account for about 50 vaccine doses a day, says Dr Mukesh Haikerwal

Anti-vaccination activists have been booking appointments and failing to show in their latest bid to rattle the rollout, a Melbourne GP says. 

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, a former AMA president, noticed the issue after opening up an outreach vaccination clinic this month for patients outside his area. 

Offering 350 appointments, it was almost immediately booked out on its first day.  

But a fifth of patients were no-shows.