Morrison's urgent meetings to solve vaccine crisis set to start

Morrison's urgent meetings to solve vaccine crisis set to start

Nationwide Cupboard's new emergency conferences twice every week start tomorrow as federal, state and territory leaders race to repair Australia's delayed vaccine program.

Worldwide borders will even be on the agenda with Prime Minister Scott Morrison elevating the potential of residence quarantine for some returned travellers within the second half of 2021.

"I do know some states are very occupied with supporting bigger vaccination packages now for individuals aged 50 to 70," Mr Morrison advised reporters in the present day.

Shadow Well being Minister Mark Butler stated Mr Morrison's transfer to tug Nationwide Cupboard collectively tomorrow was "an admission" that the federal authorities's vaccine roll-out technique wasn't working.

In the meantime, Victoria will open mass vaccination hubs in a bid to get extra individuals vaccinated as quickly as attainable.

State Well being Minister Martin Foley at the moment stated the state will open mass vaccination clinics to all individuals eligible beneath stage 1A and 1B.

The state authorities may also recommence administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to individuals aged beneath 50 from Wednesday.

The high-volume vaccination centres might be open to anybody over the age of 70 for bookings, in addition to walk-ins with out an appointment.

The three vaccination hubs can be situated on the Royal Exhibition Constructing, the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre, and the previous Ford manufacturing unit in Geelong.

In the present day, the state authorities confirmed it's going to raise the pause on the administration of AstraZeneca to eligible individuals underneath the age of 50 years who select to obtain it from Wednesday.

Eligible individuals aged underneath 50 may also proceed to obtain the Pfizer vaccine.

Greater than 60,000 Victorians have already been acquired a COVID-19 vaccine.

Virtually 1.5 million Australians have been vaccinated.

Victoria recorded no new coronavirus cases at the moment with greater than 8000 checks acquired within the final 24 hours.

Throughout the nation, New South Wales has administered 173,000 vaccinations, Victoria over 162,000, Queensland, 122,000, Western Australia, 76,000, Tasmania, over 28,000, South Australia 46,000, the ACT over 20,000, and the Northern Territory over 12,000 vaccinations.

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