Sydney Closes Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Hub as State Transitions to Booster Program

Members of the public wait in line to receive the Covid-19 vaccine outside the Qudos Bank Arena NSW Health Vaccination Centre in the Sydney Olympic Park suburb of Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. Australia has suffered its worst day since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with total daily cases surpassing the previous record posted more than a year ago as a delta variant outbreak spreads as far as New Zealand. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images

New South Wales (NSW) state government has decided to close the Qudos Bank Arena COVID-19 vaccination hub as the state transitions to its COVID-19 booster program.

The centre, which was a crucial component in the drive to vaccinate the city of Sydney, administered over 360,000 COVID-19 vaccination doses in the Western Sydney Local Health District, the Pulse reported on Oct.28