NSW’s roadmap out of lockdowns plans to lift all coronavirus restrictions once the state reaches a 90% full vaccination rate, which is expected by 26 October.
Several ‘COVID-zero’ states have also suggested that they won’t open their borders until 90% full vaccination is reached.
The good news is that vaccine hesitancy among Australians continues to fall, according to the latest Melbourne Institute’s Vaccine Report, which suggests that achieving 90% vaccination is a realistic goal.
As shown in the next chart, vaccine hesitancy nationally has plunged from a peak of 35.5% in May to 13.3% as at 8 October:
More importantly, those “not willing to be vaccinated” has fallen from 19% to just 6.9%.
As expected, the virus-infected states are showing lower levels of hesitancy.
In NSW, only 6.7% of residents are “not willing to be vaccinated”, whereas 5.8% “don’t know”:
In Victoria, only 5.6% of residents are “not willing to be vaccinated”, whereas 4.5% “don’t know”:
In Queensland, 8.5% of residents are “not willing to be vaccinated”, whereas 9.1% “don’t know”:
In WA, 7.2% of residents are “not willing to be vaccinated”, whereas 6.4% “don’t know”:
In SA, 8.5% of residents are “not willing to be vaccinated”, whereas 10.7% “don’t know”:
Across the other jurisdictions, 4.8% of residents are “not willing to be vaccinated”, whereas 5.4% “don’t know”:
According to COVIDLive.com.au, Australia is on track to hit the 90% double vaccination target on 16 November. But even if the rate of vaccination slows down, we should still get there by Christmas, according to COVID-19Data:
After a slow vaccination start, Australia coming home with a wet sail.
