CORONAVIRUS — VACCINE
684. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I
refer to the media statement issued on 8 September titled ''West Coast
Eagles back push for WA vaccination rates to soar'' which stated,
according to my notes, ''More than 1.9 million first doses of COVID-19
vaccines have been administered in Western Australia so far.''
(1) Is it correct
that more than 70 per cent of WA's population has received their first
dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, as the minister's media release states?
(2) If no to (1),
will the minister correct his media statement, which has been published online,
and issue a correction to all media outlets it was distributed to?
(3) What is the total number of Western Australians
who have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine?
(4) For each COVID-19 vaccine in Western
Australia —
(a) what are the current stock
levels;
(b) what were the stock levels at 1
August 2021; and
(c) what were the stock levels at 1
July 2021?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. On behalf of the minister representing the Minister for
Health, I provide the following answer based on information provided by the
Minister for Health.
(1) No. The media statement should
have referred to 1.9 million total, not first, doses.
(2) The media
statement has already been corrected online. WA Health releases a daily media
statement with the correct figures.
(3) Commonwealth
data published on 8 September 2021 indicates that as of 7 September 2021, a total
of 1 159 894 first doses have been administered.
(4) (a) AstraZeneca, 18 079; and
Pfizer, 125 009, which includes 45 030 doses delivered today.
(b)–(c) Vaccine deliveries from the commonwealth are
received daily; therefore, the number of vaccine doses stored—stock on hand—is
ever-changing, according to the deliveries received versus the doses
administered. No figure is available for these dates, as it is always provided
as a moment in time.