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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 720 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 9 November 2021 by Mr R.S. Love

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.