Pressure is mounting on Queensland’s premier and chief health officer to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, despite their insistence they are waiting to receive their flu shot first.
“I will be getting my flu shot with Dr Young first next week,” Ms Palaszczuk said this morning, reiterating comments she has made previously.
“A lot of people are getting their flu shots first because we’re coming into flu season.
“I’ll be doing that and then I’ll be getting my COVID vaccine.”
The two vaccines must be spaced out.
9News has confirmed Dr Young is set to receive the Pfizer vaccine, not the AstraZeneca, as she is part of phase 1B.
Ms Palaszczuk said Dr Young was “happy to wait her turn just like everybody else”.
“She’s not on the vulnerable category like other people are so she’ll get her vaccine at the appropriate time,” she said.
Federal MP Peter Dutton today criticised the pair for not having had their vaccinations, saying they had let Queenslanders down.
“I really don’t understand the premier’s position. I think in a position of leadership it is important, particularly now, to demonstrate that leadership and to make sure that you lead by example,” he said.
“They need to, I think, go out today, roll their sleeve up and make a very public statement about the fact that they have got the vaccine and encourage other people to do it.”
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today urged older Australians to get vaccinated.
“By early next week we will have vaccinated more than half the over-70s population in Australia and very soon we will have fully completed the vaccination of all those in residential aged care facilities,” he said.
“This is important because these are our most vulnerable populations.
“I would encourage families to have that discussion with their elderly parents.”
He declined to comment on Dr Young receiving the Pfizer vaccine, saying only that being in phase 1B meant she could pick either.
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