The infected Brisbane hospital receptionist who tested positive for COVID-19 before a snap lockdown was called was offered the vaccination, but Health Minister Yvette D’Ath says she did not “take the option up”.
It comes after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she is furious that the health care worker was not vaccinated.
Ms D’Ath has said the receptionist, who worked at Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane’s north, had been offered the vaccine as all health workers were, but did not take up the opportunity to get vaccinated.
Ms D’Ath has said the issue is being investigated.