{"id":76003,"date":"2021-07-27T14:08:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=76003"},"modified":"2021-07-27T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:08:55","slug":"you-gotta-love-the-aussie-spirit-when-only-15-have-gotten-the-injurious-covid-injections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=76003","title":{"rendered":"You gotta love the Aussie spirit when only 15% have gotten the injurious Covid injections."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dcr-hfp9tp\">\n<div class=\"dcr-10jdkim\">\n<h3 class=\"dcr-1u8qly9\"><a class=\"content__label__link dcr-yx39j8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/new-south-wales\" data-component=\"section\" data-link-name=\"article section\">New South Wales<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1nupfq9\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-13a2edo\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-125vfar\">NSW government has only used 15% of its allocation of the AstraZeneca vaccine<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-zjgnrw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-mj1r7n\" data-print-layout=\"hide\">\n<p><strong>Exclusive: Just 145,000 of the almost 1m doses allocated by federal government have been taken up, leaving jabs to stockpile or be donated overseas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/australian-news-live\/latest\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/22\/im-sorry-scott-morrison-apologises-for-slow-pace-of-australias-vaccine-rollout\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Morrison apologises for slow pace of Australia\u2019s vaccine rollout<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Restrictions:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/21\/nsw-covid-19-lockdown-restrictions-sydney-update-coronavirus-face-mask-rules-explained-greater-syd-orange-masks-indoors-singing-dancing-weddings-public-transport-new-south-wales\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">NSW<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/21\/victoria-lockdown-restrictions-covid-19-melbourne-coronavirus-new-rules-latest-update-covid19-explained-5km-radius-travel-face-masks-compulsory-exercising-home-gatherings-intimate-partner-what-you-need-to-know\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Vic<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/16\/qld-covid-19-brisbane-restrictions-queensland-coronavirus-new-rules-update-mask-wear-face-masks-explained-greater-bne-sunshine-gold-coast-townsville-south-east-seq\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Qld<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/21\/south-australia-covid-19-lockdown-restrictions-sa-adelaide-update-coronavirus-face-mask-rules-explained-masks-indoors-singing-dancing-weddings-public-transport-new-south-wales\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">SA<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/12\/wa-nt-covid-19-lockdown-perth-peel-darwin-restrictions-western-australia-northern-territory-palmerston-litchfield-coronavirus-rules-update-south-sa-adelaide\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">WA and NT<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/21\/covid-border-closures-restrictions-bans-can-we-travel-victoria-vic-nsw-qld-queensland-wa-sa-act-nt-closures-where-you-can-not-go-fly-to-new-zealand-from-australia-nz\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">border restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hotspots:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/21\/covid-19-list-nsw-public-health-exposure-sites-map-hotspots-latest-sydney-suburbs-venues-flights-case-location-alerts-regional-coronavirus-cases-outbreak-locations\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">NSW map<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/21\/covid-19-full-list-victoria-public-exposure-sites-melbourne-hotspots-tier-1-2-3-vic-venues-case-location-alerts-metro-regional-coronavirus-cases-outbreak-locations\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Vic list<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/16\/covid-19-list-queensland-public-health-exposure-sites-hotspots-latest-full-list-brisbane-regional-south-east-qld-sunshine-coast-caloundra-toowoomba-venues-case-location-alerts-metro-coronavirus-cases-outbreak-locations\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Qld<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/09\/covid-19-list-perth-wa-public-exposure-sites-hotspots-western-australia-peel-region-coronavirus-case-location-alerts-venues-cases-outbreak-locations\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">WA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/datablog\/ng-interactive\/2021\/jul\/21\/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-australia-vaccination-rate-progress-how-many-people-vaccinated-percent-tracker-by-state-victoria-vic-nsw-queensland-qld-daily-live-data-stats-updates-total-number-world-ranking-distribution-schedule-tracking-chart-percentage-new-cases-today\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Vaccine rollout tracker<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">get our free news app<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">get our morning email briefing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sarah Martin and Michael McGowan<br \/>\nThe Guardian<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/new-south-wales\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New South Wales<\/a>\u00a0government has taken up just 145,000 of the almost 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine allocated to it by the commonwealth, leaving vaccinations to either stockpile or be directed overseas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/22\/nsw-covid-update-premier-warns-case-numbers-will-keep-rising-after-state-records-124-new-infections\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">As greater Sydney grapples with its spiralling Covid-19 outbreak,<\/a>\u00a0the NSW government has become increasingly critical of the commonwealth\u2019s supply of vaccinations, with the premier Gladys Berejiklian last week lamenting the lack of pandemic planning \u201cat other levels\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cWe need to make sure the vaccine is accessible to all of our population and we have those doses available,\u201d she said following an emergency national cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"3a2fd4eb-65e8-40d0-890d-9ccbdccb22a7\" class=\"dcr-1mfia18\">\n<div class=\"css-16cuuq6\" data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-0 | 0\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"\">\n<div class=\"css-s7oxzu\">\n<div class=\"css-ghyc83\"><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-q4dzvk\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/aea94af449a81a2fda981376a1f87ebf60f7ed5c\/0_186_5568_3341\/master\/5568.jpg?width=460&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ac85cbbe43b7b391f3ba3181153d3377\" alt=\"Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference in Canberra, Thursday, July 22, 2021. (AAP Image\/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3341\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1d91meq\">\n<div class=\"css-m4qltb\">\n<div class=\"css-1gqsble\">\u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019: Scott Morrison apologises for slow pace of Australia\u2019s vaccine rollout<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-9g571g\">\n<div class=\"css-dobi02\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">With the majority of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/astrazeneca\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">AstraZeneca<\/a>\u00a0vaccines in NSW having been administered by the commonwealth through GP clinics,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the federal government has become increasingly frustrated by the criticism. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, on Wednesday accused Berejiklian of failing to administer enough AstraZeneca vaccines at its state-based vaccination hubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cI would like to see more AstraZeneca vaccines being distributed through the state-based clinics like Victoria has been able to achieve,\u201d Morrison said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">Much of that frustration comes from NSW\u2019s decision not to accept allocations of the AstraZeneca vaccine because of what it says is a lack of demand for the jab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">Under the federal government\u2019s vaccination program, every state and territory was allocated a proportionate share of both the AstraZeneca vaccination and Pfizer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">While NSW was allocated 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca, it has only taken up 145,000. Amid the latest outbreak, the federal government offered NSW an extra 150,000 doses of AstraZeneca doses for its population, along with 150,000 Pfizer jabs. But the state opted only to take on the Pfizer vaccinations, and has regularly called for more of that vaccine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">Since the rollout began, only 110,000 of the 145,000 ordered AstraZeneca vaccines have been distributed through the state-run vaccination clinics, and the state has not distributed any of the extra 150,000 AstraZeneca vaccines on offer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"931c9dda-86bc-4668-88f6-4d308aeabb6e\" class=\"dcr-10khgmf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5e9a93af0c5cf15da98a01109eace7ceb5dde432\/0_191_3363_2018\/master\/3363.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=f972c061d1ff9afa93d6a89e28a9b9c1 1240w,https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5e9a93af0c5cf15da98a01109eace7ceb5dde432\/0_191_3363_2018\/master\/3363.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=8b49a91fc840233d4f27ab7be44fdb5d 1210w,https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5e9a93af0c5cf15da98a01109eace7ceb5dde432\/0_191_3363_2018\/master\/3363.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=f174cfcff3360ad444c73a0250531b95 890w\" media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" sizes=\"(min-width: 660px) 620px, 100vw\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5e9a93af0c5cf15da98a01109eace7ceb5dde432\/0_191_3363_2018\/master\/3363.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9fd74b7bfad66600cb2b10c26a4d7c93 620w,https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5e9a93af0c5cf15da98a01109eace7ceb5dde432\/0_191_3363_2018\/master\/3363.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=819f401467723d2015816ec65289c63b 605w,https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5e9a93af0c5cf15da98a01109eace7ceb5dde432\/0_191_3363_2018\/master\/3363.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=05b8b59438d5a284ea2624ab1f1ad0a4 445w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 660px) 620px, 100vw\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5e9a93af0c5cf15da98a01109eace7ceb5dde432\/0_191_3363_2018\/master\/3363.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=f174cfcff3360ad444c73a0250531b95\" alt=\"People queue to receive their Covid jab at the mass vaccination hub at Olympic Park in Sydney. Pfizer vaccines vastly outnumber AstraZeneca doses that are administered at the hub.\" width=\"3363\" height=\"2018\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-d5sshu\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">People queue to receive their Covid jab at the mass vaccination hub at Olympic Park in Sydney. Pfizer vaccines vastly outnumber AstraZeneca doses that are administered at the hub.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">Guardian Australia understands the 655,000 AstraZeneca vaccines allocated to NSW \u2013 but not ordered \u2013 has either been stockpiled, offered to other states, or donated overseas as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs\u2019 aid effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">But the state\u2019s health department says it has asked for additional doses of AstraZeneca to be delivered to GPs and pharmacies, which Morrison announced on Thursday would be brought forward by the commonwealth, and that extra doses are not required because of a lack of demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cNSW\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/health\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Health<\/a>\u00a0has sufficient AstraZeneca supplies to meet existing demand at its clinics and has always maintained that GPs, and now pharmacies, should be people\u2019s first option when seeking vaccination with AstraZeneca,\u201d a department spokesperson told the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">In a statement, NSW Health said the federal government\u2019s approval of its request for 1,250 community pharmacies was a \u201cmajor boost\u201d to the rollout of AstraZeneca, and that it had asked the commonwealth to \u201callocate AstraZeneca to pharmacies, as this is the vaccine they are approved to administer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cThis is far more pharmacies approved to administer vaccines than all other states and territories combined,\u201d a health spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cTwenty pharmacies have started administering AstraZeneca in NSW this week with a further 48 starting next Monday, 26 July, in south-west\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/sydney\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Sydney<\/a>, which has seen the majority of recent locally acquired cases during the current outbreak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cA further 300 community pharmacies will begin to administer AstraZeneca in the first two weeks of August in greater Sydney, including the Central Coast and Wollongong, with pharmacies throughout NSW set to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"9871da9f-6aa7-443a-b5ef-e34a189787b7\" class=\"dcr-1mfia18\">\n<div class=\"css-16cuuq6\" data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-1 | 1\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"\">\n<div class=\"css-s7oxzu\">\n<div class=\"css-ghyc83\"><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-q4dzvk\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4c3beeff306b32c2b197582a453b5e6687838142\/0_166_7087_4254\/master\/7087.jpg?width=460&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ca1a38f5286c571ae94d6f756e1d07df\" alt=\"NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian\" width=\"7087\" height=\"4254\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1d91meq\">\n<div class=\"css-m4qltb\">\n<div class=\"css-1gqsble\">NSW premier warns case numbers will keep rising after state records 124 new Covid infections<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">But the NSW government has also indicated the extra AstraZeneca were not needed for its hubs because of lack of demand for the jab as a result of hesitancy caused by the rare blood clotting disease associated with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">While NSW lowered the age a person could receive AstraZeneca at its hubs from 60 to 40 at the beginning of the outbreak, uptake does not seem to have risen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">NSW has so far administered only about 110,000 AstraZeneca doses through its state clinics, paling in comparison to Victoria which has administered about 420,000 doses of the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">On Thursday the NSW health minister, Brad Hazzard, noted that at the vaccination hub at Sydney Olympic Park on Wednesday, 9,000 Pfizer vaccines and just 50 AstraZeneca vaccines were administered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cIt\u2019s a shocker &#8230; I think that\u2019s obviously come off the back of advice that came out of Atagi, and also then translated by the federal government,\u201d Hazzard said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s23rjr\">\u201cI just think we need to take a step back and say &#8230; most of us can\u2019t afford the luxury of sitting back and saying I don\u2019t want to have the vaccine that has actually been taken by almost every country in the world and kept other countries safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/22\/nsw-government-has-only-used-15-of-its-allocation-of-the-astrazeneca-vaccine\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jul\/22\/nsw-government-has-only-used-15-of-its-allocation-of-the-astrazeneca-vaccine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New South Wales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}