Infectious diseases expert Sanjaya Senanayake made the claim to the National Press Club on Wednesday, urging the federal government to assist foreign vaccine rollouts once Australia is adequately covered.
“At the current rate of vaccination, it is estimated we won’t reach global coverage of 75 per cent with vaccines for about six years. Not one or two years but six years,” he warned. But Dr Senanayake warned Australia would not reap the full benefits of its rollout unless it bolstered immunisation in foreign countries.
Highly contagious strains emanating from South Africa, the UK, and Brazil have caused alarm among global health experts.
Don't need to be an expert
Well well well Turns out my crazy nut job conspiracy friend was right again He’s been saying since day 1 this won’t end until 2025
The vaccine will become an annual jab
If you want to know what the future will be like ask a futurist, or better still a clairvoyant with a crystal ball. Don’t ask an infectious disease expert.