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

I want to thank the member for Longman and especially thank all of the nurses and doctors, the pathologists, around Australia who have been taking action, whether it's through testing or whether it's through vaccination, to save and protect the lives of Australians over the course of the pandemic. A little while before question time I spoke with Dr Evan Jones from the member for Longman's electorate. He is running the Morayfield Commonwealth vaccination clinic and, to this point in time, they have delivered over 37,000 vaccinations. Two hundred staff are employed there; 140 of those have been employed to assist during the course of the Commonwealth vaccination clinic. That includes 80 nurses and 60 other staff who have been employed. Every one of those vaccinations is helping to protect a life and to protect others.

Around Australia though, this story is being told across the nation. As the Prime Minister mentioned, there were a record 262,000 vaccinations in the last 24 hours. In the last two days there have been over half a million vaccinations, or the population of Newcastle. In the last three days there have been over 730,000 vaccinations, or the population of the Gold Coast. And in the last 10 days—

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