COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins in Queensland, as nurses, police inspector receive first jabs on the Gold Coast
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The first COVID-19 vaccine has been given in Queensland with a nurse at the Gold Coast University Hospital receiving the jab.
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A nurse who works in the Gold Coast University Hospital COVID-19 ward, was the first person in Queensland to receive the coronavirus vaccine today.
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The hospital was where the first Queensland case of COVID-19 was treated
Ms Park is among 180 people to receive the jab today
Nurse Zoe Park is among 180 recipients to receive the vaccine along with Queensland police Inspector Owen Hortz, who is a commander in Gold Coast quarantine hotels.
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A nurse treating COVID-19 positive patients on the Gold Coast said the start of the vaccine campaign on Monday marked a day of hope for Australia.
Ian Cook, one of the first six Queenslanders to receive the Pfizer vaccine at the Gold Coast University Hospital, said there was âdefinitely a lot of hope and just feeling that we are getting out of thisâ in the air.
Zoe Park (centre), the first Queenslander to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, with (left) Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young and Health Minister Yvette DâAth.
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âI think that it has been a long road through this and it is just a feeling of relief that we are moving toward normalcy,â he said.