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The long, hard road to 80pc vaccination

The long, hard road to 80pc vaccination

Australia’s vaccination target is very ambitious by world standards and, with full vaccination rates sitting at about 21 per cent, the country has a long road to travel.

After a slow start, Australia has jumped into the vaccination race.  David Rowe

Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief
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he finish line has been drawn and the race to roll out tens of millions of vaccines is picking up pace, but as 16 million Australians face another weekend in lockdown, with little confidence the delta variant can be completely vanquished, the focus has shifted to exactly how the nation will get to full vaccination for 80 per cent of adults.

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Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau ChiefTom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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