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Marty Silk

Qld bids to boost low vaccine coverage

All Queensland's state-run vaccination hubs will accept walk-ins on Saturday and Sunday. (AAP)

The Queensland government will expand its vaccine rollout as more Pfizer supplies arrive, with the state's vaccine coverage the joint-lowest in the nation.

Queensland recorded no new virus cases after more than 15,800 tests in the 24 hours to 6.30am on Wednesday.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says with the ongoing risk of spread from the NSW outbreak, which had grown to 14,333 active cases, it is critical for people to get the jab as soon as possible.

Queensland Health delivered a daily record of 24,947 vaccines on Tuesday, with 57.12 per cent of eligible people in the state having had one dose, and 38.78 per cent fully vaccinated.

However, the state's vaccination coverage is the joint-lowest in the nation along with Western Australia.

Ms Palaszczuk says to boost vaccinations there will be a "super weekend for vaccinations", with all 80 state-run community vaccination hubs accepting walk-ins on Saturday and Sunday.

"Last week, we put 146,182 doses into the strong arms of Queenslanders, 189,450 Pfizer doses arrived on Monday: Let's use the lot," the premier said to parliament on Wednesday.

"Like they say at the Ekka - 'Roll up, roll up, roll up' to the vaccination clinic, roll up to your GP, roll up to your pharmacy, roll up your sleeves and take your best shot.

"Other states have to fight just to get a taste of freedom, we have to fight to hold on to ours."

With Pfizer supplies from the Commonwealth ramping up, Ms Palaszczuk said state hubs will start offering that vaccine to people over the age of 60 this weekend.

Until now, that age group have only been offered the Vaxzevria vaccine, previously known as AstraZeneca.

Ms Palaszczuk said offering people a choice of vaccines will help lift vaccine coverage.

"They said to me loud and clear they want to have a choice of vaccines well I say let's give it to them," she said.

Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli said poor vaccine coverage was due to the premier's own hesitancy about the Vaxzevria jab.

When Ms Palaszczuk first became eligible for that vaccine, she delayed, saying she needed to get her flu shot first.

The premier had to delay a second time after she was bitten by her dog and needed a tetanus jab.

She then needed to be fully vaccinated before she travelled to Tokyo in late July to make a pitch to support Brisbane's 2032 Olympics bid.

However, by then it was too late for her to get AstraZeneca, so she got the Pfizer vaccine instead.

Mr Crisafulli said Queenslanders looked to Ms Palaszczuk for leadership on getting a vaccine and had seen her hesitancy.

"If the leader of your state is effectively finding excuses not to get vaccinated when her time is up, I would suggest to you that the everyday Queenslander says, 'well maybe she knows something that we don't'," he said.

"Well the truth is, she doesn't, it's (AstraZeneca / Vaxzevria) safe."

Meanwhile, Mr Crisafulli refused to comment on Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young's warning earlier this year that people under the age of 18 could die if they had the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Queensland recorded one new overseas-acquired case in hotel quarantine on Wednesday.

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