SYDNEY - Australia on Monday began its mass COVID-19 vaccine program with frontline healthcare staff and senior citizens getting the first doses as the country looked set to report no local cases for the third straight day.
Tennis fans who booed the mention of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout at the Australian Open final have been slammed by the country's deputy prime minister for their "disgusting behaviour". Sunday's awards ceremony was marred when a small minority of the 7,000 crowd loudly booed the president of Tennis Australia after she mentioned coronavirus vaccines. Jayne Hrdlicka was making a speech following Novak Djokovic's straight-sets victory over Daniil.