COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins in Queensland, as nurses, police inspector receive first jabs on the Gold Coast
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The first COVID-19 vaccine has been given in Queensland with a nurse at the Gold Coast University Hospital receiving the jab.
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A nurse who works in the Gold Coast University Hospital COVID-19 ward, was the first person in Queensland to receive the coronavirus vaccine today.
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The hospital was where the first Queensland case of COVID-19 was treated
Ms Park is among 180 people to receive the jab today
Nurse Zoe Park is among 180 recipients to receive the vaccine along with Queensland police Inspector Owen Hortz, who is a commander in Gold Coast quarantine hotels.
by Alexandria Utting
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