Скачать или смотреть AstraZeneca advice changes 'unlikely' to immediately impact vaccine rollout

Melbourne GP Dr Nathan Pinskier has told Sky News he does not believe the shifted advice in relation to the AstraZeneca jab will have a real impact on the rollout over the next few weeks.

He pointed out the phase 1b focuses largely on those aged over 70, with just a small group of younger Australians with “chronic and complex conditions” eligible to receive the jab now.

Dr Pinskier stressed a consultation would be held with those vulnerable patients ahead of administering the jab and they would need to “go through a prolonged consenting process”.

“So it’s going to add time complexity to the process.”

What GPs and the community were in real need of, however, was “absolute certainty of supply with fixed dates of delivery and tracking details,” according to Dr Pinskier.