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

It has been absolutely clear, as we have talked about in question time and in multiple circumstances around the country, that the program we've been undertaking is to conduct the process of vaccinating aged-care facilities, working through first doses and working through second doses. It is absolutely and fundamentally clear, as Professor Murphy, Professor Kidd and Professor Kelly have all indicated in recent days, that the first dose is a fundamentally important part and, indeed, provides a critical protection and that vaccination program, which we have referred to on many occasions, refers to the total number of facilities which had those first vaccinations and second vaccinations. The advice that I have before me, as of last night, was 2,544 facilities have had first doses around the country, or 99 per cent—100 per cent, in those four jurisdictions—

See this speech in context