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by Shoba Rao, Anton Nilsson, Anthony Piovesan and Amanda Sheppeard
28th Dec 2020 12:36 PM
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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. has confirmed Australia's vaccine program is "on track and ahead of schedule".
He said the government, which expects to rollout the vaccine from March, would rather "over promise and under deliver" than put false hope on a vaccine being available sooner.
"I want to reflect on vaccines," he said.
"We've had some very important news. We see the AstraZeneca vaccine is making progress both in the UK, in the US, and in Europe.
"I've been briefed this morning by the global head of AstraZeneca and the Australian head of AstraZeneca. Our vaccine program is on track and ahead of schedule.