The federal government’s goal to vaccinate most Australians against the CCP virus by October will be unachievable unless current rates are significantly increased. Instead, an alternative goal to vaccinate more than 20 million Australians is more realistic by the end of the year, Australian Medical Association president Omar Khorshid said. “I’ve been saying for a while that October is a pretty tough deadline to meet,” Khorshid told nine news on Monday. Infectious disease expert Sanjaya Senanayake also believes the October deadline to be unachievable but would rather see the rollout perfected at the start, “so you start off slow and build things up.” Senanayake added that the rollout peak could reach up to more than 150,000 vaccinations a day. In January, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he hoped around 80,000 Australians would be vaccinated per week and expects that number to reach 4 million by the end of March. While the current …
Australia’s October Vaccination Target ‘Tough Deadline to Meet’: Expert
March 1, 2021
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