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Logistical concerns over rollout of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to remote Queensland communities
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Rural doctors are calling for more government support to enable them to vaccinate remote communities with the Pfizer vaccine.
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A north Queensland doctor is warning he has no faith that regional Australia will see a mass distribution of the Pfizer vaccine.
The regional COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been thrown into turmoil by the Federal Government s changed medical advice.
It comes as Queensland s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young announced every region across the state would be set up with a Pfizer vaccine hub, in light of the new TGA storage requirements.