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The federal government is promising a supply of two million Pfizer doses each week from the start of October, a development that means every Australian who wants to be vaccinated could be by the end of the year, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) says.
The new details about Pfizer supply should reassure over-50s concerned about the AstraZeneca jab they are currently offered, although Health Minister Greg Hunt reiterated âpeople should not waitâ and should get vaccinated now.
Greg Hunt says the federal government hopes to have 2 million Pfizer doses available per week by October.
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AMA president Omar Khorshid, who has previously called on the government to address vaccine hesitancy with a massive campaign, said the promised Pfizer supply meant everyone who wanted it could have both doses by Christmas.
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