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As the long pandemic year drew to an end, and people started stringing up lights and decorating Christmas trees, Australians could be forgiven a small glimmer of hope that the worst of COVID-19 was behind us.
By mid-December, the country had secured more vaccine doses per person than any nation other than Canada. Early data from clinical trials suggested we’d nailed our four vaccine picks.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison receives his second Pfizer vaccination at Castle Hill Medical Centre in March.
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“There are no guarantees that these vaccines will prove successful, however our strategy puts Australia at the front of the queue.”