After early Covid-19 response, Australia now stuck in vaccine slow lane
Vaccine rollout is mired in confusion and frustration after a run of changing medical advice
Long queues of people at the NSW vaccination centre today in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
At Bruce Willett's general practice near the locked-down Australian city of Brisbane, the phone is running hot as younger people book AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccinations after the government suddenly changed policy to free up use of the drug.
Four months into a vaccine rollout sold as the way to reopen the country, the programme is mired in confusion and frustration after a run of changing medical advice, public political fighting and weak messaging, public health leaders said.
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