We’re really keen to make sure we vaccinate our population as quickly as possible, as safely as possible, and in as efficient a way as possible. So far, the public feedback we’ve had in relation to people going through that process has been extremely positive. New South Wales has always said that we want to vaccinate our populations in we can because we know that gives us an opportunity to ease any restrictions but also to think about how we reconnect with the rest of the world and these are conversations happening in different countries across the globe and New South Wales wants to be as ready as possible, as soon as possible, to make sure we don’t get left behind and make sure we provide our citizens with the best opportunities available.
We’ve worked really, really hard to get to where we have already in relation to COVID, in relation to the vaccine rollout and we’ll continue to make sure that we work hard to continue to provide not only good safety outcomes for our public, our population, but also good economic outcomes. We know that when it comes to job security, new jobs, we want New South Wales to remain in a leadership position on that and it’s very important for us to continue getting that balance moving forward.
Pleasingly, we’ve also had some interesting information on the take-up rate, so out of more than 120,000 people who in the very first few days told us they were interested in getting the Pfizer jab, we’ve contacted 23,000 of those people and around… More than half of those people have already made bookings, so finding that in a short number of days, people are not only taking up the opportunity to book but are coming in to get their jabs, some within 24 or 48 hours of being told they could book. The system is running efficiently but as we scale up, it will become more challenging. That’s why we made sure our systems were in place to be able to opinion to provide that efficient service and make the experience as positive as possible.
