From this Saturday, Queenslanders grabbing a snag at Bunnings will have the ability to get a COVID-19 jab on the similar time.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement in state Parliament this morning, after declaring the state had recorded one other day with no new native COVID instances.
Ms Palaszczuk mentioned about two dozen websites had been recognized throughout the state for the vaccination rollout.
“Households can get their Bunnings sausage and a dose of vaccine,” she mentioned.
“We’re taking the vaccine to the folks … there isn’t any excuse.”
There are taking part shops in Mackay, Townsville, Bundaberg, Dalby and a number of other places in south-east Queensland.
In July, a lot of company leaders throughout Australia, together with Wesfarmers, supplied to lend their assist to the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out to encourage extra folks to get vaccinated.
Queensland has not recorded a regionally acquired case of COVID since October 5. 4 instances have been recorded in a single day in quarantine.
Three are crew members of the Imabari Queen — a bulk service ship off the western coast of Cape York.
The Premier mentioned there had been 8,727 assessments carried out prior to now 24 hours.
Ms Palaszczuk mentioned 70.21 per cent of eligible Queenslanders have had their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccines, whereas 52.7 per cent have acquired their second dose.
“Is not that nice information,” she mentioned.
“It’s 118 days since New South Wales recorded the primary case of its present outbreak.
“In those self same 118 days, Queensland has managed 433 COVID instances, 228 of which have been regionally acquired.”
The Premier mentioned she put it right down to folks carrying masks, utilizing the Examine in Queensland app, and staying in residence quarantine when required.
“It is due to them our kids are at college. Their mother and father are at work.
“Whereas thousands and thousands of our neighbours have been locked down, our ‘freedom days’ stretch into weeks and months as a result of we have all the time strived to place the well being and security of Queenslanders first.”
Well being Minister Yvette D’Ath mentioned 376 Queenslanders have been approved to come home this week as part of a home quarantine trial that started yesterday.
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