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Coronavirus vaccine may be given to health care workers and vulnerable by March, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer says
It is hoped Queenslanders will start getting free vaccines for the potentially deadly coronavirus by March next year, according to the state’s Chief Health Officer.
Key points:
- Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young hopes all Australians will have vaccine access by the end of 2021
- She says vulnerable people and healthcare workers in Queensland will get it first, hopefully by March
- Dr Young warns the risk of infection will increase as international borders reopen
Dr Jeannette Young said healthcare workers and vulnerable people, older people and others with autoimmune issues would get the jab first, and the rest of the community potentially by the end of 2021.
Dr Young said the Federal Government had ordered 10 million doses to be…
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