CORONAVIRUS — VACCINATIONS — CHILDREN
720. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I refer to comments made on Flashpoint
last night by the Premier regarding plans to vaccinate children under the age
of 12.
(1) Has the
Premier sought advice on when children aged five to 12 years can expect to be
included in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout?
(2) If the
Therapeutic Goods Administration approves COVID-19 vaccines for use in children
aged five to 12 years prior to Western Australia
reaching its 90 per cent vaccination rate, will this new cohort be included
in the calculation of that figure?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
(1)–(2) The
answer to the second part of the question is no. On the first part of the
question, in relation to the advice on the
five to 11-year-old cohort, we were advised at national cabinet on Friday that
we will get some further advice from an organisation called ATAGI—that
is, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation. It will provide us
with further advice later this year on when and if the five to 11-year-old
cohort will be vaccinated.