Australia launches coronavirus vaccine, Reuters reports, with frontline health workers and senior citizens receiving the first dose of doses.
According to the news store, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was among a group of 20 people who received the first dose of Pvizer COVID-19 vaccine before the wider launch began Monday. Sixty thousand doses are expected to be administered by the end of this week, Reuters reports. Many AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is expected to reach Australia in the next two weeks.
According to Reuters, Morrison called the deployment of vaccines a “game changer”, noting that the rollout was considered one of the most complicated operations in Australia’s history due to the extreme temperature below zero required for the Pfizer vaccine. to transport and store.
“Today is a real milestone in our collective response to tackle COVID-19 and get things under control as quickly as we can,” Acting Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Reuters reports that the majority of the Australian population of 25 million is expected to be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, and the vaccinations are expected to be completed by October this year.
According to data from the World Health Organization, Australia has confirmed 28,920 cases of coronavirus and 909 deaths. Australia has not reported any coronavirus deaths since the end of 2020.