❓ Ms. Hamilton asks the Premier how the Summer Vax Drive will improve vaccination accessibility, especially for vulnerable groups. The Premier outlines initiatives like pop-up clinics at events and stores, and community funding for targeted vaccination programs.
AnsweredQoN 829Legislative Assembly
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CORONAVIRUS — VACCINATIONS — SUMMER VAX
DRIVE
829. Ms E.L. HAMILTON to the Premier:
I refer to the state government's
efforts in driving up Western Australia's rates of vaccination as we
head towards the state's safe transition and the target of 90 per cent
double dosed eligible Western Australians. Can the Premier outline to the house how the Summer Vax Drive
announced today will help make vaccinations more accessible for those Western
Australians who have not yet received their vaccinations, and how this will
also support the uptake of vaccinations amongst vulnerable groups?
DRIVE
829. Ms E.L. HAMILTON to the Premier:
I refer to the state government's
efforts in driving up Western Australia's rates of vaccination as we
head towards the state's safe transition and the target of 90 per cent
double dosed eligible Western Australians. Can the Premier outline to the house how the Summer Vax Drive
announced today will help make vaccinations more accessible for those Western
Australians who have not yet received their vaccinations, and how this will
also support the uptake of vaccinations amongst vulnerable groups?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the member for Joondalup for the question. In the two and a half weeks
since we announced the safe transition plan, around 120 000 additional Western
Australians have received their first dose of COVID vaccine. That means that our vaccination rate is now at 85.3 per cent
for first doses for those aged 12 and over, and more than 73 per cent for double-dose vaccinations. The number is climbing each and every day despite
all the difficulties we faced, including
criticism from people like the opposition. We did not have the extra Pfizer
vaccines that New South Wales and Victoria received—the hundreds
and hundreds of thousands of extra doses early on. We did not have the mass outbreak that they had, which obviously drove
vaccination there. Despite all that, Western Australia still has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, and it is climbing each and every
day. We want to get to the 90 per cent target as soon as we can and we have put
in place a range of measures and initiatives to make sure we do that. The border controls that we have in Western Australia
will not be there for much longer. They will ease in late January or early February and, at that point in time, we
expect some COVID-positive people will come into Western Australia. That
is why people need to get vaccinated.
Today, we announced a three-week
Summer Vax Drive, a targeted campaign to lift our vaccination rate. During the Super Vax Weekend in November, we saw a 12 per
cent surge in vaccinations through our state-run clinics. Our Summer Vax
Drive will begin on Saturday. At the Women's Big Bash League final at
Optus Stadium, people will be able to go along, watch the game and get
vaccinated. People will be able to go to a pop-up clinic on 8 December at Optus
Stadium for the Perth Scorchers men's team opening BBL match, watch the
game and get vaccinated. People will be able to go to a range of Woolworths and
Aldi stores around the state—11 in the city and five in regional WA—from
Thursday, 2 December until Sunday, 5 December and get vaccinated while they are
doing their shopping.
We
have also announced the COVID-19 vaccine community funding program, administered
by Vaccine Commander Chris Dawson.
Under that program, $5 000 grants will be made available to not-for-profits,
Aboriginal corporations and local governments with the aim of driving up
the vaccination rate, particularly amongst disadvantaged and priority groups
such as Aboriginal groups, people with disabilities, culturally and
linguistically diverse groups, homeless people and those sleeping rough, and
those with mental health problems.
All that will be happening as part
of the Summer Vax Drive. I encourage everyone out there to get vaccinated as soon as possible. As we saw yesterday, 19 people
died in Victoria from COVID-19, 17 of whom were not vaccinated . Please
learn the lessons from what is happening around Australia and the world and go
and get vaccinated.
thank the member for Joondalup for the question. In the two and a half weeks
since we announced the safe transition plan, around 120 000 additional Western
Australians have received their first dose of COVID vaccine. That means that our vaccination rate is now at 85.3 per cent
for first doses for those aged 12 and over, and more than 73 per cent for double-dose vaccinations. The number is climbing each and every day despite
all the difficulties we faced, including
criticism from people like the opposition. We did not have the extra Pfizer
vaccines that New South Wales and Victoria received—the hundreds
and hundreds of thousands of extra doses early on. We did not have the mass outbreak that they had, which obviously drove
vaccination there. Despite all that, Western Australia still has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, and it is climbing each and every
day. We want to get to the 90 per cent target as soon as we can and we have put
in place a range of measures and initiatives to make sure we do that. The border controls that we have in Western Australia
will not be there for much longer. They will ease in late January or early February and, at that point in time, we
expect some COVID-positive people will come into Western Australia. That
is why people need to get vaccinated.
Today, we announced a three-week
Summer Vax Drive, a targeted campaign to lift our vaccination rate. During the Super Vax Weekend in November, we saw a 12 per
cent surge in vaccinations through our state-run clinics. Our Summer Vax
Drive will begin on Saturday. At the Women's Big Bash League final at
Optus Stadium, people will be able to go along, watch the game and get
vaccinated. People will be able to go to a pop-up clinic on 8 December at Optus
Stadium for the Perth Scorchers men's team opening BBL match, watch the
game and get vaccinated. People will be able to go to a range of Woolworths and
Aldi stores around the state—11 in the city and five in regional WA—from
Thursday, 2 December until Sunday, 5 December and get vaccinated while they are
doing their shopping.
We
have also announced the COVID-19 vaccine community funding program, administered
by Vaccine Commander Chris Dawson.
Under that program, $5 000 grants will be made available to not-for-profits,
Aboriginal corporations and local governments with the aim of driving up
the vaccination rate, particularly amongst disadvantaged and priority groups
such as Aboriginal groups, people with disabilities, culturally and
linguistically diverse groups, homeless people and those sleeping rough, and
those with mental health problems.
All that will be happening as part
of the Summer Vax Drive. I encourage everyone out there to get vaccinated as soon as possible. As we saw yesterday, 19 people
died in Victoria from COVID-19, 17 of whom were not vaccinated . Please
learn the lessons from what is happening around Australia and the world and go
and get vaccinated.
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