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WA high-risk workers among those to receive 10,000 Pfizer vaccine doses in first rollout
Western Australia has recorded its sixth consecutive day of no new COVID-19 cases, as the Premier revealed a vaccine rollout is set to begin by the end of the month.
Key points:
- WA will receive up to 10,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine under the plan
- Up to 5,000 people including high-risk workers would be vaccinated
- All West Australians are expected to be offered a vaccine this year
About 80 per cent of the population came out of a hard five-day lockdown overnight after no new local cases of the virus were uncovered.
The lockdown was announced last Sunday after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for COVID-19.
WA Premier Mark McGowan said the first COVID-19 vaccines were due to arrive in WA as part of the Federal Government’s program by…
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