Thousands of students to get Pfizer jab as Year 12 vaccination push begins in Sydney

Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney Olympic Park will from Monday be the venue for 24,000 Year 12 students to get their first Pfizer shot.

A 21,000-seat stadium in Sydney will for the next seven days serve as a hub for Year 12 students from eight coronavirus-hit council areas in western and southwestern Sydney to get jabbed.

The arena will cater solely for the Year 12 students this week before becoming a mass AstraZeneca hub for adults from next week. It comes as 12 suburbs in the western Sydney council area of Penrith are included on the government's virus"areas of concern" list. Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Sunday reiterated vaccination was the primary means by which to bring the pandemic to an end.

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