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Regional doctors criticise COVID vaccine rollout in the bush – The New Daily
A significant number of frontline doctors in regional Australia have missed the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Rural Doctors Association.
The Rural Doctors Association says a “significant number” of doctors in country Australia have missed the COVID-19 jab.
“There are frontline workers in emergency departments in rural Australia who still haven’t been vaccinated,” association President Dr John Hall told AAP.
Doctors should have received the Pfizer jab weeks as ago as part of stage 1A of the rollout and many are still waiting for AstraZeneca shots as part of stage 1B, he said.
“Rural clinicians are used to being left behind, being…
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