Five major vaccination hubs and 99 regional satellite sites are to open progressively with the COVID vaccination across NSW this month starting from 15 March and continuing into April.
Premier Glady Berejiklian said the vaccination hubs and satellite sites would initially focus on frontline healthcare and border workers, and eventually be followed by a wider rollout of the vaccine to the general public through the GP (General Practitioner) network.
Ms Berejiklian said the hubs would be located at Newcastle Hospital; Wollongong Hospital; Wagga Wagga Base Hospital; Coffs Harbour Hospital; and Dubbo Hospital.
“The vaccine will be dispatched from the hubs to the satellite sites,” she said.
“NSW is on track to achieve its goal of more than 35,000 vaccinations in the first three weeks with thousands of frontline workers already receiving their first doses thanks to excellent work of our NSW Health staff in the three initial hubs,” she said.
Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard said the roll out of vaccinations to frontline staff in regional NSW was the next step to ensuring they are protected against COVID-19.
“Wollongong and Newcastle are particularly significant because we have frontline staff meeting overseas freighters arriving at ports and those staff obviously are at higher risk than others,” Mr Hazzard said.
Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the expansion was a major boost for the State’s frontline healthcare workers, especially those in regional NSW.
