The Queensland government is ordering thousands fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses than it was, while blaming short supply of jabs for its mass-vaccination hub delay.
Health by MADURA MCCORMACK, JESSICA MARSZALEK 14th May 2021 4:33 AM | Updated: 6:24 AM
Premium Content The Queensland government has halved its orders of coronavirus jabs from last month. Queensland Health says the reduced number is due to health advice around AstraZeneca, but the recommendation for people under 50 to avoid that jab was issued on April 8 - two weeks before the 41,160 doses were ordered, the most the state has requested. At the same time, other states have ramped up their orders from the Federal Government with NSW opening its first vaccination hub this week and requesting 60,840 jabs - double what it did the week before.