Australia offers AstraZeneca jab to all adults to speed up rollout

Australia offers AstraZeneca jab to all adults to speed up rollout
A doctor holds up a vial of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Australia is offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to all adults in a bid to rapidly ramp up sluggish vaccination rates as more of the country on Tuesday locked down against the spread of Covid-19.

On Monday night the government agreed to indemnify doctors who administer the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been blamed for at least two fatalities from a rare blood clot complication in Australia since April.

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