By Oliver Lees
Pharmacies across Sunbury are ready and waiting for federal government approval to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, as new research indicates stocking pharmacies is the key to quickening the roll-out.
As Victoria and other states find themselves in yet another lockdown, the nation’s vaccination campaign has been brought under the microscope.
Since the campaign was launched on February 22, 13 per cent of Australia’s eligible population (over the age of 16) has been fully vaccinated, according to federal Department of Health data recorded up to July 20.
So far, vaccinations have been primarily administered at vaccination hubs and doctor’s offices.
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New modelling suggests pharmacies could dramatically improve Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout, bringing forward forecast targets by two months.
The McKell Institute released the modelling on Monday that showed using pharmacies to expedite Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout could save the national economy $12.3 billion by bringing forward the date the country achieves herd immunity by two months.
If 4,000 of the pharmacies eligible to administer vaccines nationwide could be called on to help vaccinate the 80% of population, the modelling showed, it could improve Australia’s current target projections from 184 to 128 days.
Michael Buckland, executive director of the McKell Institute, said the data underscored how important it was for the federal government to draw on all its resources to get more Australians vaccinated, quickly.
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Australia’s latest Pfizer vaccine delivery offers hope for rollout stuck in transit
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Melissa Coade
Wednesday July 21, 2021
Just over 11% of Australia’s population had been fully vaccinated at July 19. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi)
Home affairs minister Karen Andrews told Australians on Monday that the arrival of almost 1 million does of the Pfizer vaccine offered a ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ for the nation’s COVID-19 concerns, with three cities now in lockdown and growing public sentiment that the federal government squandered the opportunity to get the rollout right when it first had the chance.
The symbol of the hope that Monday’s Pfizer delivery represented was posted to Andrews’ Twitter followers in the form of a large cargo pallet being unloaded from an air carrier.
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