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7057 - Health and Medical Research - PFIZER RE-ALLOCATION TO SYDNEY FROM REGIONAL NSW

Banasiak, Mark to the Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women representing the Minister for Health and Medical Research

(1) Given the New South Wales Government’s decision to re-direct regional Pfizer vaccines to Year 12 students in Sydney, how many Pfizer doses have been re-allocated from each of the follow New South Wales Local Health Districts:

(a) Far West?

(b) Hunter New England?

(c) Mid North Coast?

(d) Murrumbidgee?

(e) Northern NSW?

(f) Southern NSW?

(g) Western NSW?

(2) How many residents in each of the following Local Health Districts have had an existing vaccination appointment cancelled or postponed as a result of the New South Wales Government’s decision to re-direct Pfizer vaccines to Sydney:

(a) Far West?

(b) Hunter New England?

(c) Mid North Coast?

(d) Murrumbidgee?

(e) Northern NSW?

(f) Southern NSW?

(g) Western NSW?

(3) How many Indigenous residents in each of the following Local Health Districts have had an existing vaccination appointment cancelled or postponed as a result of the New South Wales Government’s decision to re-direct Pfizer vaccines to Sydney:

(a) Far West?

(b) Hunter New England?

(c) Mid North Coast?

(d) Murrumbidgee?

(e) Northern NSW?

(f) Southern NSW?

(g) Western NSW?

(4) By what date will the full allocation of Pfizer be restored to the following Local Health Districts:

(a) Far West?

(b) Hunter New England?

(c) Mid North Coast?

(d) Murrumbidgee?

(e) Northern NSW?

(f) Southern NSW?

(g) Western NSW?
Answer -
On 5 August 2021, the Australian Government announced that NSW will receive 180,000 Pfizer doses that will be used to rebalance the supply which was redistributed from rural and regional areas of NSW.

Question asked on 3 August 2021 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 554
Answer received on 24 August 2021 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 569

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