Australia news live: PM tells GPs they are best placed to deliver Covid vaccine as federal clinics open bookings

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6.30am GMT

Former AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal was on the ABC's Afternoon Briefing today, to discuss all things vaccine rollout, and he said he supported the PM's belief that the network of GPs around the country were well equipped to deliver the vaccine:

I think it's always been the right thing to do in general practices. There are a 500 general practices around the country. We have been doing vaccinations for people all the way through life from childhood humanisation is from babies to travel immunisations, and of course influenza and other vaccines in later life.

Last year, there were over 6 million of these in under six weeks. The issue is of course this isn't quite the same. Where in a time of Covid-normal social distancing, we need more floor space to get more people in and you've actually got to make sure people actually get to the vaccine and have a repeat vaccine.

6.10am GMT

South Australia's vaccination rollout is set to massively" climb in the coming weeks, after a careful and steady start, as per the AAP.

SA is currently using both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines and has administered almost 13,000 doses so far.

Yes, it was careful to begin with. But I'm now seeing that daily run rate massively increase.

We'll start to see that sail past 3,000, 4,000, and 5,000 per day going forward.