Australia's sluggish vaccination rollout is set to be supercharged from today as one million new Pfizer doses arrive in the country.
The arrival of the vaccines overnight came after the Federal Government announced one million Pfizer doses will arrive in Australia every week from today.
It is hoped this week will mark a turning point in a vaccine roll-out that to date has been sluggish and held back by lack of supplies.
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To date, Australian has administered more than 10 million coronavirus vaccinations.
A large number of the newly supplied Pfizer shots - along with AstraZeneca vaccines - are expected to be sent to Sydney's south-west, the epicentre of the city's virus outbreak.
NSW authorities hope the new vaccine supplies will boost the vaccinated number of vulnerable people and residents living in areas of concern for virus transmission.
NSW yesterday recorded 105 local cases of coronavirus and one death.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said 27 of those new cases were infectious in the community
While most of the new vaccines have been flown to Sydney, doses are also shared between Melbourne and Perth.
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Meanwhile, the opening of new vaccination hubs this morning will boost the vaccine rollout in NSW and Queensland.
One will open on Pitt Street in Sydney's CBD and another clinic will start administering COVID jabs at Belmont, near Newcastle.
In Queensland the new centres are in Ipswich and the Gold Coast in response to growing demand from local residents.
Under Federal Government plans, Australians aged under 40 should be able to get the Pfizer vaccine by September or October, if supply isn't interrupted.
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