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The Novavax Covid vaccine is available for Australians to receive, with the first person in the country getting the jab today.

Health minister Greg Hunt, giving a press conference at a medical centre in Melbourne, said with the new availability of Novavax there were no excuses for anybody" not to get a Covid jab - alluding to people who had chosen to wait for this vaccine.

There are those that, for their own personal circumstances, have awaited or been unable to take the other vaccines. This is a new choice. It's a protein vaccine ... a tried and tested vaccine platform.

I have preferred a traditional vaccine to be introduced into myself. I'm not anti-vax, I'm pro-choice, and this was my choice.