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“I’m sorry” – Australian Prime Minister apologises for vaccine rollout failure

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4 years ago

July 22, 2021

Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison has apologised for the nations slow vaccine rollout

The PM acknowledged that the country has fallen behind with vaccination targets, but says “we are hitting these marks now.”

“I’m sorry that we haven’t been able to achieve the marks that we had hoped for at the beginning of this year.”

Mr. Morrison has called for Australians to come forward to get their vaccines if they are eligible.

Scott Morrison has touted a “historic record” of coronavirus vaccines, revealing 184,000 vaccines were administered yesterday.

Scott Morrison has apologised for the slow rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in Australia.

“I take responsibility for the vaccination program”

The PM stated that the vaccine has been available to over 70s for quite some time, and says the nation “needs to work together” in order to pick up the speed of the rollout.

“We need to work harder to get the vaccines particularly to our most vulnerable in the community.”
– Scott Morrison Says.

Pharmacy vaccine program will boost rollout

The PM is hopeful that enabling pharmacies to administer vaccines will speed up the troubled rollout.

He said the double-dose vaccination rates have almost tripled in the past month.

36 percent of Australians over 15 have received their first dose.

FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled “vaccine” in front of an AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Australia records two deaths linked to AstraZeneca

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has confirmed two Australians have died this week from thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome – or TTS – after receiving a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

One was a 44-year-old man in Tasmania and the other was a 48-year-old woman in Victoria.

Both cases had confirmed to have TTS after the first dose of AstraZeneca.

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