Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

The question was:

… would over-50s concerned about the AstraZeneca jab be able to—

this is from the press—

get access to Pfizer or Moderna vaccines later in the year …

The answer was:

During the course of the year, we have said repeatedly that as there are larger numbers, over 20 million doses of Pfizer and now the Moderna supplies that could be available … then there is more than enough to vaccinate every Australian.

That's a factual statement that was made on 9 April, 13 May and again on 19 May. But the next statement, which seems to have been omitted, was:

But right now – and I was just speaking with Professor Brendan Murphy before coming to this – right now, we want to encourage everybody over 50 to be vaccinated as early as possible.

The message is very clear: if you are not vaccinated and you catch COVID, you could die. That's the message to all Australians. There could not be a clearer message. This is what we've said right through, because we know that we have vaccines now. We've provisioned for all circumstances and we are seeing an increase in the number of Australians who are coming forward to be vaccinated. We are seeing an increase—

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