Sluggish start in race to hit vaccine rollout target
The arithmetic shows that if 20 million adults are to be vaccinated by late October, Australia will have to set a world-leading pace of daily injections.
Australia has at long last started to vaccinate its population against COVID-19. The early vaccination numbers are modest, with about 48,000 doses administered in the 1½ weeks since the rollout began.
Over the past few days, we have heard from various public officials, medical experts and state governments that they are comfortable with the “slow and steady” start of the vaccination program.
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Elmer Funke Kupper is a former chief executive officer and private investor. Connect with Elmer on Twitter.
