Almost 1.5 million vaccine doses have been administered across Australia so far during the rollout, including just over 22,000 on Saturday. More than half of those have been administered through GP clinics, while the states have given out almost 644,000.
Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley said the federal government began talks with state and territory health ministers in the past week about setting up and expanding mass-vaccination clinics.Victoria will open the doors to its three largest vaccination centres to all eligible peopleMr Foley did not say what proposals the state was taking to Monday’s meeting, but said Victoria, like all states, was committed to working collaboratively.
Australian Council of Trade Unions assistant secretary Liam O’Brien said it was important that aged care and disability support workers were not forgotten.
rachelclun sumeyyailanbey 'bi-weekly' and 'fortnightly' mean the same thing. If you want to say 'twice a week' it's 'semi-weekly'
rachelclun sumeyyailanbey What they should do is set incredibly low targets like say...3 or 4 a week and maybe they might get close. 🤣😅🤣
rachelclun sumeyyailanbey Interested to know how many won't be taking Astra Zeneca, my folks won't be at nearly 80 and will wait for Pfizer. I'm 49 and happy to have what I get. I suspect religious chain emails are running hot against Astra baby.
rachelclun sumeyyailanbey It would be nice if they could just focus on getting the current phase of vaccinations completed 🙄
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