Federal health minister Greg Hunt announced the $200 million scheme at a press conference this morning.
It will mean the COVID-19 shot will be available at more than 2000 individual sites Australia-wide, including GP offices, hospitals and pharmacies - a doubling of previous estimates.
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Federal health minister Greg Hunt has announced that the COVID-19 vaccination program will be expanded to include thousands of pharmacies across Australia.(9News)
The Federal Government will offer all of Australia s 5800 community pharmacies across the country the opportunity to participate in the coronavirus vaccine rollout. We will be inviting them, subject to meeting standards, to participate in the rollout, just as they do with flu, Mr Hunt said.
ANALYSIS: The strength of Donald Trump s connection to his base means the extraordinary riot inside the US Capitol may not be enough to shock the country out of its partisan divide, former 9News foreign correspondent Robert Penfold says.
A mob of Mr Trump s supporters stormed the Capitol while Congress was certifying Joe Biden s election win, gaining access to both chambers and smashing windows.
A flash lights up the front of the US Capitol as a mob of Donald Trump supporters control the steps of the building.(Twitter @nbcnews)
The protesters turned their attention on the Capitol moments after Mr Trump addressed them at a nearby rally.
our coverage of haiti continues. campbell brown is up next. welcome, everybody. for the people of haiti, help is beginning to arrive and not a moment too soon. tonight, this is what hope looks like. take a look. this is two-year-old regison cloud in the arms of the spanish rescuer who pulled him from the rubble of his own home. at this hour, u.n. troops are in port-au-prince. they are now handing out food and water to survivors. but we are also seeing scenes like this. starving, thirsty people, clamoring, battling for relief supplies. the situation on the streets is increasingly tense. we have heard reports of rioting, and the u.n. has told its doctors to pull back for their own safety. cnn s team of reporters is going to bring us the full story tonight. the u.n. has set up a food distribution center tonight, serving up to 10,000 plates of chicken and rice to survivors. anderson cooper was there. take a look at this. i ve seen what it s like in downtown port-au-prince whe