Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has said that Italy’s and the European Union’s (EU) block on a shipment of 250,000 AstraZeneca doses of the CCP virus vaccine will not affect the country’s immunisation rollout. Worried about suffering from a shortage of the vaccine supply, the Italian government stopped the shipment to Australia, noting that the country did not have a high prevalence of the virus, with lower infection and death rates than others. The EU backed Italy’s decision. The ban comes as the first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were administered on March 5. “This 250,000-dose issue is not going to affect the rollout,” Dutton told the Nine Network. The Australian reported that Dutton urged Australians in the category 1A and 1B phase to get their vaccinations early.  “Make sure you engage with your doctor and have this safe vaccine,” he said. Frontline workers at Murray Bridge Hospital in …