COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout

435 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (3 May 2021). For the most recent data available, how many of the following categories of phase 1a workers had not received their first COVID-19 vaccination—both as numbers and percentages:

(a) Hotel quarantine/medi-hotel workers (including but not limited to private security guards, hotel staff, nurses, police etc)?

(b) Frontline SA Health healthcare employees classified as 1a?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

(a) 1,220 medi-hotel workers were identified for phase 1a vaccination. This includes SAPOL officers stationed purely at hotels, ADF personnel at hotels, security staff at hotels, nursing staff at hotels, administrative staff at hotels, medi-hotel risk teams, hotel staff and cleaning contractors. As at 14 April 2021, 161 individuals (13 per cent) had not received their first vaccination.

(b) 7,863 frontline healthcare workers were identified as eligible for phase 1a vaccination. As at 16 April 2021, 11,133 frontline healthcare workers had presented and received their first vaccine. This higher number partly reflects the opportunistic nature of the vaccine program, as well as the inclusion of individuals with more than one role in their workplace. As phase 1b has commenced, all healthcare workers are now eligible for vaccination.