Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout will begin next week after the first doses of the Pfizer jab landed in Sydney. “The eagle has landed,” Health Minister Greg Hunt told reporters in Canberra on Monday. More than 142,000 doses are being taken to a secure location and batches will be assessed for damage and quality in the coming days. “Today is an important day,” Hunt said. “It is the next step in a careful plan based on safety, and this is about protecting Australians.” Hunt said 60 percent of the shipment—50,000 doses—would be given to the states to begin the process of vaccinating hotel quarantine staff, frontline health workers, and aged care workers, and residents. Hotel quarantine workers are considered the highest priority because they pose the greatest risk of spreading the virus to the community. The federal government will have about 30,000 doses available for aged care facilities. The government expects …