Australia's Department of Heath insists the country "is not behind in its vaccine rollout", despite handing out just 670,000 doses — 3.3 million fewer than where the Prime Minister expected the country would be by now.
Key points:
Health Minister Greg Hunt says the 4 million target isn't achievable due to overseas supply issues
But he says Australia's vaccination rate is rising and he still has confidence in the rollout
The Health Department says it's on track to give one dose to every Australian who wants one by the end of October
In January, Scott Morrison said the goal was to have 4 million people vaccinated by the end of March.
"We anticipate, optimistically, that we would hope to start the vaccination with around 80,000 vaccinations a week — that's what we are targeting — and then seeing that build up over the next four to six weeks," he said.
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