![]() ![]() The COVID-19 vaccine rollout commenced on 22 February 2021. 1 Between September 2020 and May 2021, the Australian Government entered into agreements with five vaccine manufacturers to purchase a total of 315.3 million vaccines of different types, with some vaccines being manufactured overseas and some produced locally.Ĥ. The Department of Health and Aged Care (Health) 2 has been the lead entity for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. support for essential services and procurement and deployment of critical medical supplies (including the national vaccine rollout).ģ. The Australian Government’s August 2020 Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment strategy committed the government to building a ‘diverse global portfolio of investments to seek to secure early access to promising vaccines and treatments’, using local manufacturing wherever possible. ![]() delivery of substantial economic stimulus, including financial support for affected individuals, businesses and communities and.travel restrictions, international border controls and quarantine arrangements.The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ on 30 January 2020.Ģ. Early Australian Government responses to COVID-19 included: On 21 January 2020, the Australian Government declared COVID-19 as a listed human disease under the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Biosecurity Act). 1. Since its emergence in late 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic that is impacting on human health and national economies. ![]()
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