Wearing an Australian flag face mask, he declared: I m ready to go, just like the country.
But the Prime Minister s air of cheerful confidence has quickly faded as the nation s roll-out has been beset by broken promises, backdowns and missed deadlines.
Despite being one of the world s most successful countries in combating the Covid-19 pandemic, Australia s handling of inoculations has largely been a slow, confusing mess that has been marred by a series of mistakes and accidents.
The federal government initially predicted that four million vaccine doses would be administered by early March and that all Australians would be vaccinated by October. As at Thursday (April 15), Australia had vaccinated 1,359,305 people, or less than 5 per cent of its population of 25 million.
But as the world enters a new phase of pandemic measures, the tables are somewhat turning. Now, the U.S. and U.K. are leading the world in their mass vaccination campaigns, while some Asia-Pacific countries that won praise for containing the virus are lagging. Already, 37% of Americans have received at least one dose, and CNN analysis estimates the country could achieve herd immunity through vaccines by the summer something that would probably require 70% to 85% of people to be vaccinated. The United Kingdom, which became the first country to administer a fully tested vaccine in December, has already at least partially vaccinated 47% of its population.
FiscalNote Announces Appointment Of Three New Members To Its Board Of Directors
Key Compton, Anna Sedgley, and Conrad Yiu add a wealth of diverse experiences and perspectives that will help drive FiscalNote growth
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WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/
FiscalNote, a leading technology provider of global policy and market intelligence, announces it has appointed Key Compton, Anna Sedgley, and Conrad Yiu to its Board of Directors. As we continue to expand the reach of our products and services to a diversifying set of clients across industries and geographies, these new Directors will bring a wealth of experience spanning entrepreneurship at its earliest stages all the way through overseeing global corporate operations, said FiscalNote founder and CEO, Tim Hwang. Their skills and backgrounds complement those of our current Directors, and I look forward to relying on their perspectives to help drive our corporate strategy and operationa
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