A look inside Sydney's COVID-19 vaccine hub at the Royal Prince Alfred hospital
Two days out from New South Wales beginning its COVID-19 vaccine program, the public has been given a glimpse inside on of three hubs being set up to begin the rollout.
From Monday, the state will start to vaccinate 35,000 frontline hotel quarantine workers at one of three hospitals in Sydney - Liverpool, Westmead and the Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) in Sydney.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Premier Gladys Berejiklian were given a tour of the hub at RPA today with staff carrying out a practice run before patients begin arriving next week.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison was given a tour of one of Sydney's COVID-19 vaccine hubs at RPA hospital. 9News
Patients are given a wristband with a barcode which is scanned by a nurse before receiving the needle. 9News
The simulation was carried out in dedicated vaccine rooms at the hospital where patients will come to receive the jab.
People receiving the vaccine will be given a wristband with a barcode to be scanned by a registered nurse before getting the injection.
More than 1000 people are expected to be vaccinated at the hub every day.
Ahead of getting the jab, the NSW government is encouraging poeple to link Medicare to their MyGov account online to confirm their vaccination.
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The needle is also scanned for tracking and registration purposes. 9News
Mr Morrison said he would be receiving the Pfizer vaccine while other political leaders, including Ms Berejiklian and federal Health Minister Greg Hunt, would wait for the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is expected to be available from March.
Mr Morrison said the vaccine rollout should make a "significant impact" in curbing the pandemic in Australia.
"I think it is a reasonable expectation that as time goes on, as the vaccination rolls out across the world and here in Australia, you should rightly expect that things will change and how we manage the virus," he said.
"I'm confident that as we move through the vaccination process, we can significantly change how things are down here in Australia."
New South Wales reached 33 days with zero community transmission today.
Today's simulation comes just two days before the state begins its official rollout of the vaccine program. 9News
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