Australia’s vaccine rollout was hit with another blow after advice on
the AstraZeneca jab changed, raising concerns over exactly what the
impact will be.
A health worker prepares to hold a vial of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine. Picture: Yad Kramdi/AFPSource:AFP
As Australia’s embattled vaccine rollout reels from another blow following the change in advice for the AstraZeneca jab, questions are being raised about the impacts this could have going forward.
So far more than 6.3 million vaccine doses have been administered across the country, but health experts have continually stressed the rollout was progressing quickly enough.
Now, with the recommendation that the AstraZeneca vaccine should only be given to those aged 60 and above after another person died from a blood clot in her brain, there are fears the rollout could be stalled even further.
People aged 50-59 are now being told to get the Pfizer vaccine instead, of which Australia has significantly less doses.
In its initial plan, the Federal Government was aiming to have the majority of the adult population vaccinated by October 2021.
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