Advertisement Victoriaâs acting Premier James Merlino has urged the federal government to show more urgency on the countryâs struggling COVID-19 vaccine program as he lamented Canberraâs failure to take up two state proposals to reinvigorate the rollout. Acting Premier James Merlino said Victoria was willing to scale up its involvement in the vaccine program. Credit:Simon Schluter Just over 3500 vaccines were administered in Victoria on Wednesday, down from a daily average of about 6000 a fortnight ago. It follows last weekâs advice from the Australian Technical Group on Immunisation that the Pfizer vaccine should become the preferred vaccine for people aged under 50, rather than the AstraZeneca vaccine.