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Federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout behind schedule – NEWS.com.au
Federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout behind schedule
The federal government remains well behind its initial COVID-19 vaccination targets nearly a fortnight into its rollout.Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in January he “anticipated optimistically” 80,000 Australians would be vaccinated every week at the beginning of the rollout, before the effort was “scaled up”.
But almost two weeks after the first vaccine was administered, only 71,867 Australians have been immunised, including 20,814 residents across 241 aged care facilities.
Health Minister…
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