150,000 Australians needed to be vaccinated every day to hit the Christmas target, according to Jane Halton. 9News
Jane Halton, who is the adviser responsible for a major review of the Australian quarantine system, said 150,000 Australians needed to beTens of thousands turn out for Queensland's vaccine blitz"If we can get to 150,000 people a day we can get there by Christmas," Ms Halton said., which is imported, remained open to a small logistical risk.
Australia's vaccination rollout has been plagued by problems.Ms Halton said Australia would be best served by federal quarantine hubs, for people travelling high risk countries, and hotel quarantine for lower risk people which would be run by states."What you want to be able to do is put the high risk people in the places where you have the best way of containing ."
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