Queensland’s first COVID-19 vaccine jab set for Gold Coast on Monday

The first Queenslander to receive the Pfizer vaccine is likely to be a Queensland Health nurse from the frontline COVID-19 fever clinic on the Gold Coast.

The Gold Coast University Hospital has one of Queensland’s five remaining positive COVID cases.

The Gold Coast University Hospital is also where actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were treated for COVID-19 infection 12 months ago in one of the world’s first high-profile cases.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath and Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young will make the announcement on Sunday morning.

The first 125,000 Queenslanders to receive the COVID-19 vaccine are nurses who work with COVID-19-positive individuals…