Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout keeps GPs at the centre, but dose supply remains an issue

Melbourne doctor Shea Wilcox estimates he could be vaccinating at least 200 people at his clinic each day.

Instead, the Brunswick East GP has been battling hard to get his hands on enough AstraZeneca doses.

He has been receiving 100 doses a fortnight, a figure well short of both his estimated capacity and community demand.

“First of all, we ran through all our vaccines on the first day,” he said.

“The demand is huge, however we cannot get the…