Australia falls way behind vaccination targets

Even before it started, Australia was lagging the developed world badly in its COVID-a9 vaccine rollout, owing to Morrison Government mismanagement:

Now, it is becoming clear that the late rollout is missing the federal government’s initial target of vaccinating four million Australians. About 106,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine have been administered nationally since the rollout began in late February, way less than the target of 1.5 million doses (see next chart).

Australia’s vaccine rollout is lagging way behind target.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.