COVID live updates: NSW records 16 new cases as Premier warns Sydney to 'stay at home' - ABC News

Let's go back to Victoria for a moment where Health Minister Martin Foley was speaking

He said of the 15,151 vaccines administered in state-run centres yesterday, 4,362 were first doses and 10,789 were second doses.

He has again taken aim at the Commonwealth over the vaccine rollout, saying the allocation of Pfizer to state-run centres was being reduced "by some 20 per cent to just over 80,000 a week as a result of the reductions in supply that are now starting to bite from the Commonwealth for Pfizer".

Forward estimates about vaccine allocation released by the federal government last month show in July to August, Victoria is due to receive 85,540 to 100,000 Pfizer doses for its state-run clinics.

Another 66,617 to 77,000 Pfizer doses are being provided as part of the Commonwealth rollout in the state, which the federal government has pointed to when defending the apparent reduction to the state sites.

Mr Foley referenced the "uptick" in allocation for New South Wales, which will receive 104,910 to 120,600 Pfizer doses through its state mechanisms in the same time, with 102, 253 to 118,000 through the Commonwealth rollout.

New South Wales is currently battling a growing COVID-19 outbreak, but the vaccine allocations were announced before the situation escalated.

"We wish them every success of course, but what we are concerned about is that there's a clear appetite for Victorians to get vaccinated. What we have to do is just calibrate that down," Mr Foley said.

Mr Foley said Victoria estimated it could "more than double" the delivery of Pfizer and other vaccines from today, if the state was given the supplies, saying the state-run centres remained "under utilised".

But he said conversations were ongoing with the Commonwealth about an increase to supply in the future, and "we're hopeful that those conversations will be fruitful".

Reporting by Yara Murray-Atfield

Adblock test (Why?)

https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMicGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFiYy5uZXQuYXUvbmV3cy8yMDIxLTA3LTA0L2NvdmlkLWxpdmUtdXBkYXRlcy1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1uc3ctbG9ja2Rvd24tcXVlZW5zbGFuZC1leHBvc3VyZS8xMDAyNjU5ODTSAShodHRwczovL2FtcC5hYmMubmV0LmF1L2FydGljbGUvMTAwMjY1OTg0?oc=5

2021-07-04 01:38:57Z
52781706370189

Bagikan Berita Ini