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Muddled COVID-19 vaccine rollout has phase 1B jabs starting before 1A in north-west Victoria
COVID-19 vaccinations are set to begin in Victoria’s north-west next week, but the order of the rollout has raised eyebrows at local health centres.
Key points:
- The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is about to begin in Mildura and Swan Hill, but probably not in the expected order
- The state government is blaming the Commonwealth for the slow rollout of phase 1A
- Local health officials say they are ready and waiting for the vaccines to arrive
Phase 1B of the rollout will begin at GP and respiratory clinics, but there is still no timeline for phase 1A in Mildura and Swan Hill.
Swan Hill District Health chief executive Peter Abraham said it put the region in a peculiar position.
“Logically, it obviously makes sense to do phase 1A, then after that 1B,” he…
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