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More lockdowns likely thanks to vaccine shambles, says think tank
Monday April 12, 2021
Australia faces as many as 34 days of future lockdowns thanks to delays in the Morrison Government’s vaccine rollout, a report by policy think tank The McKell Institute has warned.
A near empty Queen Street mall during Brisbane’s most recent pandemic-related lockdown. Photo: AAP Image/Darren England
The institute also estimates that the daily cost of recent lockdowns in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne was about $123 million.
In a report released on Monday, the institute said Australia would need to have the second highest rates of COVID-19 vaccinations in the…
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