OMG: Australian woman wins $1m – just for getting vaccinated against Covid-19 – Gulf Digital News

  • Date: 08-Nov-2021
  • Source: Gulf Daily News
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OMG: Australian woman wins $1m – just for getting vaccinated against Covid-19 – Gulf Digital News





An Australian woman has become a millionaire after winning the country’s vaccine lottery prize.

Joanne Zhu, 25, was among almost three million Australians who were in the draw for the AU$1m (£550,000) cash prize just for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

The money was put up by a group of philanthropists and companies known as the Million Dollar Vax Alliance in an effort to get more Australians vaccinated against COVID-19.

Zhu, from Sydney, told Nine’s Today programme that she had been unable to take the initial call from the lottery’s organisers because she was at work.

She added: “Then I called them back and she said: “Oh, you won a million dollars! You’re the only one in Australia’.”

Zhu said she plans to spend some of the money on reuniting with her family

“I want to fly my family out from China first class and put them up in a five star hotel for Chinese New Year if the borders are open.