Brisbane will need at least four COVID-19 mass vaccination hubs, epidemiologist warns
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AprApril 2021 at 5:15am
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws says Australia would need at least 24 mass vaccination sites to facilitate the roll out.
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Brisbane needs to have about four mass COVID-19 vaccination hubs to ensure 85 per cent of the Australian population are vaccinated by mid-next year, a leading epidemiologist says.
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Epidemiologist Professor Mary-Louise McLaws says it could take until mid-2022 for enough people to be vaccinated for international borders to reopen
Potential mass vaccination sites could include stadiums, university campuses and parks
Chief Health officer says Queensland Health are accelerating the rollout of the Pfizer vaccine
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It was a strange job. Shuttle driver Julie Lamrock was booked to pick up a passenger from Campbelltown and drive her to Circular Quay to join the Ruby Princess on March 8, but there was delay after delay, and she could tell her client was getting the wobbles. The health department’s down there and they re not allowing anyone on the ship until it gets clear, Ms Lamrock s passenger said. Should I go?
Of course she should, Ms Lamrock replied. The government wouldn t let you on the ship unless it was fine.
Ms Lamrock is pained now to recall her reassurances. It is notorious that the Ruby Princess would spawn Australia s biggest coronavirus cluster a record that it held until July when it was eclipsed by Melbourne s hotel quarantine debacle. On March 20, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard revealed that 24 hours after the ship s 2647 passengers were allowed to disembark and travel home, three COVID-19 tests performed on board had returned p