{"id":112132,"date":"2021-04-15T06:41:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=112132"},"modified":"2021-04-15T06:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:41:18","slug":"australian-doctors-urge-government-to-rethink-mass-vaccination-hubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/australian-doctors-urge-government-to-rethink-mass-vaccination-hubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian doctors urge government to rethink mass vaccination hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY (Reuters) &#8211; Australian authorities should add more clinics to speed up the country\u2019s struggling COVID-19 vaccine rollout, its main medical association said on Thursday, dismissing a government plan to create mass inoculation hubs as unworkable in the near term.<\/p><figcaption>FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A healthcare professional prepares a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as high-risk workers receive the first vaccines in the state of Victoria&#8217;s rollout of the program, in Melbourne, Australia, February 22, 2021.  REUTERS\/Sandra Sanders<\/figcaption><p>Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Omar Khorshid said establishing mass centres would pose \u201chuge logistical challenges\u201d, including the difficulty of finding enough medical staff to manage the facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to find a workforce from somewhere, and we are not aware of large numbers of registered nurses and doctors who are available to manage these centres,\u201d Khorshid told ABC Radio.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday he would discuss with state and territory leaders setting up mass centres to vaccinate people above the age of 50 from as early as June.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison has been under pressure to put the country\u2019s vaccination programme back on track after problems with the rollout, caused in part by patchy international vaccine supplies and changing medical advice, led to significant delays.<\/p>\n<p>Australia earlier this week abandoned a target to provide at least one vaccine dose to the near 26 million population by year-end after restricting the rollout of its favoured AstraZeneca vaccine to people under 50 over clotting concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Findings by Europe\u2019s drug regulator of rare cases of blood clots among some recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine were a major blow for Australia, which planned to produce 50 million doses locally after manufacture began at the end of last month.<\/p>\n<p>Australian officials overhauled the programme in response, doubling an earlier order of Pfizer vaccines to 40 million shots.<\/p>\n<p>Khorshid said it made sense to delay the creation of mass vaccination hubs until bulk deliveries of the Pfizer vaccine are due later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison, who has reinstated twice weekly meetings of the national cabinet tasked with tackling the pandemic after the country missed initial immunisation targets, said he would consider the AMA\u2019s suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>About 1.36 million total doses have been administered as of Wednesday, far short of the 4 million pledged by end-March.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Australia has fared much better than many other developed countries during the pandemic, with just over 29,400 COVID-19 cases and 910 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Low case numbers have encouraged authorities to ease restrictions, helping put the economy on a faster recovery path. Australian unemployment dropped to a one-year low in March, data out on Thursday showed, with the number of people in work surpassing the pre-pandemic peak.<\/p>\n<p>A strong rebound in domestic travel, meanwhile, prompted Qantas Airways Ltd on Thursday to raise its forecast for the current quarter and it expects domestic travel to top pre-pandemic levels next financial year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-australia\/australian-doctors-urge-government-to-rethink-mass-vaccination-hubs-idUSKBN2C20HN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY (Reuters) &#8211; Australian authorities should add more clinics to speed up the country\u2019s struggling COVID-19 vaccine rollout, its main medical association said on Thursday, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Australian doctors urge government to rethink mass vaccination hubs - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/australian-doctors-urge-government-to-rethink-mass-vaccination-hubs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian doctors urge government to rethink mass vaccination hubs - Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SYDNEY (Reuters) &#8211; 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