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Chief medical officer tells states not to stockpile doses
Australia’s top medical officer has told the states not to stockpile vaccines, after an unvaccinated nurse working on Brisbane’s COVID-19 frontline caught the virus and sparked a statewide lockdown.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said the state had held back some second doses, concerned about consistency of supply.
Ms D’Ath said the state “couldn’t be sure” when the Pfizer delivery would arrive in Australia and eventually reach the states.
“We don’t want to vaccinate all of these people and then turn around in 21…
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