Queensland Health’s largest vaccination blitz of the COVID-19 pandemic has been successfully completed with pop-up vaccination clinics busy at around 100 high schools.
Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk said the blitz had been a chance for Queenslanders to get vaccinated before it was too late.
“Vaccinations are the key to saving lives and reuniting Queenslanders with their friends and family, and we are working hard to make it as quick and easy as possible to do that,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
“Super Saturday was our largest vaccine push to date,” she said.
Minister for Health, Yvette D’Ath said Queensland Health had given the public the vaccination targets needed and the dates to open the borders “so you can see your family and friends”.
“Queenslanders have the power to bring those dates forward if more people get vaccinated sooner,” Ms D’Ath said.
“We cannot be complacent,” she said.
“Just because COVID-19 may not have reached your community yet does not mean it won’t.”
The Minister said Queensland Health needed more regional Queenslanders to get vaccinated to protect themselves, their loved ones and their communities.
“The vaccine is the best way to protect yourself against serious illness from COVID-19 and it is the key to charting a course through the next stages of the pandemic,” Ms D’Ath said.
Minister for Education, Grace Grace called on the State’s students, aged 12 and over, their families, neighbours and friends, to come forward and get vaccinated.
