Tasmania will offer Apple prizes in a bid to speed-up vaccination of 12 to 18-year-olds in the state. The government is organising a five-day vaccination blitz to drive up lagging inoculation rates from Nov. 20. “If you’re aged 12 to 18 and have had a first or second dose of the vaccine by the 24th, you will be in a draw with a chance to win an iPad and iPhone or an Apple watch,” Premier Peter Gutwein told reporters on Nov. 19. “We’ve had many conversations about what we can do to pick the vaccination rate up,” he said. “There will be 50 prizes to be won, including spot prizes, especially for young people who are vaccinated in the next five days at state run clinics. Please make the most of this opportunity.” Currently, 50 percent of the 12 to 15 age group is fully vaccinated, with 68 percent receiving …