Senate debates

Thursday, 4 February 2021

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Vaccine

2:22 pm

Photo of Richard ColbeckRichard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Siewert for the question. The Pfizer vaccine, based on current supply projections, will be the first vaccine available to Australians. Therefore, the priority residents under our national strategic plan for the rollout of the vaccine will be the first ones to receive that vaccine. We will be offering the vaccine across the country to all Australians through the hubs that will be managing the Pfizer vaccine, which are obviously those with a low-temperature capacity, and we will be rolling out the AstraZeneca vaccine and Moderna as it becomes available across the country. We are not specifying particular vaccine types to any particular cohort in the community. We are offering vaccine across the community— (Time expired)

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