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Coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out in Australia in MARCH – four months after it’s available overseas – and there’ll be no fines for refusing the jab
Australia is on track to roll out the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine in March, Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Thursday.
The injection will be optional and the government has no plans to apply the ‘no jab, no pay’ rule that stops parents getting some government benefits if they refuse to vaccinate their child against other illnesses.
Prime Minster Scott Morrison said he has ‘great confidence’ in Australia’s regulators to make sure any vaccine is completely safe before it is approved.
The jab will be handed to health workers and the vulnerable first including the elderly and Indigenous Australians.
It will then be offered to the general public with all Australians who want the jab expected to be vaccinated by the end of 2021.
Australia is on track to roll out the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine in March, Health Minister Greg Hunt (pictured) said on Thursday
The UK became the first country in the world to give the go-ahead to the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech on Wednesday, paving the way for vaccinations to start next week.
