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Australia signs deals to distribute tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the country
The mammoth effort of safely distributing tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to all Australians is a step closer to reality after the Federal Government inked several deals to operate and monitor the national vaccine network.
Key points:
- The contracts relate to the operation and monitoring of the national vaccine network
- Logistics firms DHL and Linfox will be responsible for distributing vaccines to Australians, even in very remote areas
- Experts say Australia has not faced such a mammoth distribution task since WWII
Under new contracts, logistics firms DHL and Linfox will work with the Department of Health to vaccinate people across Australia, while digital security firm Accenture will then track vaccine doses and monitor any adverse…
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