It will have the capacity to administer up to 30,000 vaccinations a week when it opens its doors in mid-May, which is more than the state achieved across all of its hospital hubs in the past two weeks.

A refitted commercial building in Sydney Olympic Park will serve as the states mass vaccination hub, capable of administering 30,000 jabs a week.
Mass vaccination centres have opened in unexpected locations around the world, such as Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Englands 800-year-old Salisbury Cathedral and Melbournes Royal Exhibition Building.
The NSW government is re-fitting a commercial building to serve as its mass COVID-19 vaccination centre.Credit:Louise Kennerley
The NSW mass vaccination hub will offer both the Pfizer, currently recommended for people under 50, and AstraZeneca vaccines, as the state government looks to accelerate its rollout.
The hub will first be used to complete its required vaccinations of frontline healthcare workers, before the state makes moves to take on the federal governments responsibility for vaccinating other at-risk groups, such as aged care staff. Eventually, anyone will be able to be vaccinated at the facility.
It will have the capacity to administer up to 30,000 vaccinations a week when it opens its doors in mid-May, which is more than the state achieved across all of its hospital hubs in the past two weeks.
Workers at the mass-vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park on Thursday.Credit:Louise Kennerley
Thats when we need it, Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters of the mid-May opening, noting the state had received information from the federal government that deliveries of the Pfizer vaccine were due to increase in the next three to four weeks.
Australias clinical governance framework dictates the two vaccines cannot be administered in the same operation, so the hub will have two pharmacies on-site, one for distributing doses of the Pfizer shot and another for AstraZeneca.