If there is one thing that sticks out to former chief medical officer Brendan Murphy,AC,about the early weeks of the pandemic in Australia,it was how fast everything changed.
Less than two months into the national vaccination rollout the Prime Minister’s hopeful messaging had come undone,but within a day there was hope again. How did we get there?
Australia was due to get 3.8 million AstraZeneca vaccines from Europe in February,but the company’s attempts to send more doses have been continually blocked by European authorities.
The current 14-day hotel quarantine system could also change to shorter stays or home isolation as more of the country gets vaccinated,he said.
However,the federal government remains hopeful it can complete the vaccine rollout by the end of October.
Syringes designed to extract the maximum amount of doses from Australia’s shipments of coronavirus vaccines will not yet be available when the national rollout begins on Monday.
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