How Australia's bungled Covid vaccine rollout unfolded: 'Up the front' to 'it's not a race'

Australia's Covid vaccination program has lacked urgency at every stage, with the government forced to revise its own targets and never seeming to meet its own goals. The latest New South Wales outbreak has exposed the Morrison government's failure to successfully get the vaccine out to even the most vulnerable in the community. The outbreak has hit unvaccinated aged care workers, despite federal promises they would be vaccinated by March. Along with mixed messages about the urgency of getting Australia vaccinated, the Morrison government became mired in a debate about whether Australia’s coronavirus vaccination rollout is or is not a race Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/gdnaustraliasubs Vaccine rollout tracker – interactive ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia... Follow the latest Australia Covid news live ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia... A dog’s breakfast’: where the Australian government went wrong with its aged care Covid response ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia... The Morrison government’s ‘vaccine rollout is not a race’ nonsense tells us a lot about what’s gone wrong ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia... Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Website ► https://theguardian.com/au Facebook ►   / theguardianaustralia   Instagram ►   / guardianaustralia   Twitter ►   / guardianaus   TikTok ►   / guardianaustralia   LinkedIn ►   / guardianaustralia