Dire warning over Aussie vaccine rollout
Experts say Australia’s vaccine rollout must ‘dramatically improve’ if the program is to have any hope of meeting its deadline.
Health
by Charis Chang
2nd Mar 2021 7:28 PM
Concerns are being raised about Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout after several hiccups in the first week.
The Federal Government has previously said it wanted all adults to be vaccinated by October, requiring a furious pace of about one million doses a week to be delivered.
It is already behind in the task, reaching just 33,000 doses of its 60,000 target last week.
Some of the states and territories, which are responsible for the rollout among quarantine and healthcare workers, have vaccinated less than 30 per cent of their targets (Queensland and Victoria), although other states are doing better and Tasmania has got through almost all of its quota, according to the ABC.