Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said he was also the Associate Professor at the University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research. He said he has worked through four pandemics, including Ebola and Zika virus. If you can't do it today, make a booking online and do it this week."ĭr Hajkowicz said he was confident Queensland's hospital system would cope in a Delta outbreak because of its "fantastic people" but it would still be a challenge. "We have an opportunity here … we have an opportunity to get our vaccination rates up, so please get vaccinated," he said. "The people of Queensland are the main reason we are in such a good state at the moment." 'We have an opportunity here'ĭr Hajkowicz said "things will change with the pandemic". "Look at what we've achieved, and it's because of people getting tested, getting vaccinated, following the QR codes and doing all of that sort of thing," he said. He said he was really honoured to serve the people of Queensland. "There's a big problem and that is it's going to be very hard to follow in the footsteps of Dr Young, who is brilliant, outstanding and has the respect of all of the doctors, all of the nurses looking after COVID in the state." "I'm thrilled and honoured to become the next chief health officer of Queensland.
"So I've got a very good personal experience with this virus," he said. "He has been the lead in the treatment and management of COVID cases and it is no accident that Queensland has only had seven deaths, out of our 2,048 cases so far."ĭr Hajkowicz has worked on the frontline of the state's COVID-19 response at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital for the past 18 months. "I've been going to him for the last two years for advice," she said. Jeannette Young, who has been in the role for more than 16 years, will become Queensland governor next month.ĭr Young said she was "delighted" to hand over her position to Dr Hajkowicz, who was the "perfect person" to take on the role. Charlie and Itchy are back Those lovable mutts from the treasured family hit 'All Dogs Go To Heaven' return for an all-new animated musical adventure. Infectious diseases expert Krispin Hajkowicz has been announced as Queensland's next chief health officer.
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