NSW government has only used 15% of its allocation of the AstraZeneca vaccine
by Sarah Martin and Michael McGowan from on (#5MFW8)
Exclusive: Just 145,000 of the almost 1m doses allocated by federal government have been taken up, leaving jabs to stockpile or be donated overseas
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The New South Wales government has taken up just 145,000 of the almost 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine allocated to it by the commonwealth, leaving vaccinations to either stockpile or be directed overseas.
As greater Sydney grapples with its spiralling Covid-19 outbreak, the NSW government has become increasingly critical of the commonwealth's supply of vaccinations, with the premier Gladys Berejiklian last week lamenting the lack of pandemic planning at other levels".
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