Expert would like to see more Pfizer doses donated to Victoria
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, who is an epidemiologist and advisor to the World Health Organization, says she'd like to see Australia donate more of its Pfizer supplies to Victoria.
Speaking to News Breakfast, she said there's 21 days between Pfizer doses, and if Victoria's lockdown goes on for long enough, they could receive their second dose.
"I would have liked to have seen all of Australia donate its Pfizer to Melbourne, because there's only 21 days between the first and the second dose, when you start getting a good immune response, after that second dose, and quite frankly, this could go on for enough time to get that second dose if it's anything like the Northern Beaches where it went on for 32 days."
She said she also disagrees with Prime Minister Scott Morrison's comments about the vaccine rollout not being a race or competition.
"I would have agreed with that had we not had this constant breaching of quarantine hotels," she said.
"Now, when the authorities say that this is a great scheme, yes. However, we've had 24 breaches and those 24 breaches have basically caused about 21,000 cases since the lockdown of Australia and since we have made quarantine hotels mandatory stay under a security.
"So if we keep getting breaches because we don't have purpose built facilities, then, yes, sadly it is a race. Had we had more people vaccinated, then we may not have had to gone into lockdown."
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