Australia's coronavirus vaccination rollout has begun as Scott Morrison receives Pfizer jab

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Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout is officially underway after an 85-year-old woman was the first person to receive the jab in Sydney.

After receiving the shot, Professor Kelly said he was not asking"anyone to do something that I am not prepared to do myself". privileged to do today, to line up the whole of Australia."Australia's COVID vaccine rollout will soon begin. When and to whom will we need to prove we've had it?

Australia's vaccine rollout will begin with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and expand to include the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine from early March.

Mr Hunt has previously said the government hopes to administer 60,000 vaccine doses in the first week of the rollout. He refused on Sunday to name the government's target for vaccine coverage, instead stating the government would like to see"as many [people] as possible" get the jab. "What's the message for the public? It's safe, it's effective, it will help protect you, but it will also help protect your mum and dad, your grandparents, your nonna, all of Australia."revealed a large decline in the number of people who said they were likely to get the vaccine once it's available to them.

 

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I thought the elderly and frontline workers were getting the jab first? Not politicians. auspol Covid_19

And that 85 year old woman was probably the daughter of the local branch secretary of the young liberals.

ScottMorrisonMP Allows a few old folk & frontline workers to recieve their jab first as it doesn't make him look like the self serving POS he is. No cameras he would've been first & out the door scottyfrommarketing

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ScottMorrisonMP Should read, 'Minutes later, after inappropriately manhandling Jane, ...'

That's a picture of Scott Morrison, looks like you screwed up the post.

Just saying ... PM ScottMorrisonMP should have gotten the AstraZenica vaccine. COVIDVaccines astrazenecavaccine Pfizer

This isn't news ..... this is .

Mr Morrison, good to see you had the Pfizer vaccine. I expect the same vaccine for myself as a free choice, NOT the Astra Zeneca vaccine. Don’t mislead people - vaccines are not the same. AZ is not as good 7NewsMelbourne 9NewsAUS ACurrentAffair9 ScottMorrisonMP GregHuntMP

Why did Morrison get it before everyone else? He’s out of shape sure, but he’s not that at risk.

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