The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout begins in Queensland today, with elderly adults over 70, people with underlying medical conditions, First Nations people over 55 and critical and high risk workers eligible for the jab.
Dr Bruce Willett, Queensland chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, says there’s been issues with supply and demand of the vaccination, telling the ABC that GP practices like his have tens of thousands of patients on their books and are only receiving about 80 vaccines a week.
Numbers of eligible people in this phase are estimated at over a million.