‘Historic day’ as phase 1b of vaccine rollout begins

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd says today is an historic day in Australia’s fight against COVID-19, as the next phase of the vaccine becomes available to more people. Phase 1b will see six million Australians become eligible to receive the vaccine. Those eligible to receive the vaccine from today include Australians aged over 70, Indigenous Australians aged over 55, younger Australians with disabilities or underlying health conditions and health care and other essential workers. “I’m very excited about the rollout. The rollout, of course, beginning today in over 1,000 general practices right across the country,” Professor Kidd told Sky News. “An historic day in this pandemic.”