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Explainer: Should under-40s get the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia?

Lanie Tindale
Updated July 1 2021 - 9:22am, first published June 30 2021 - 12:00am
Nurse Maddy Williams getting a second dose of Pfizer. Picture: Karleen Minney
Nurse Maddy Williams getting a second dose of Pfizer. Picture: Karleen Minney

Young Australians can ask their GP for an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced after a national cabinet meeting this week.

Lanie Tindale

I am City reporter at The Canberra Times. I previously covered health for the masthead, and was a trainee before that. I have written on courts, federal politics, breaking news, features and opinion. lanie.tindale@canberratimes.com.au.

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