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In Australia, older people could have to wait months to get a choice of vaccines, despite the technical advisory group on immunisation (Atagi) calling on the government to consider making mRNA vaccines such as Pfizer available to them.
With supplies of mRNA vaccines set to increase from 1m Pfizer doses per week from July to at least 3m per week of Pfizer and Moderna from October, there will soon be enough doses to offer choice to older Australians, who currently can only take the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have failed to come forward for their second Covid jab in England, official data shows.
It comes as scientists warned that improving uptake among adults is more crucial than moving on to children’s vaccines or booster shots.
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