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Victoria records 705 new COVID-19 cases, one death - Muswellbrook Chronicle

Victoria records 705 new COVID-19 cases, one death - Muswellbrook Chronicle

Victoria records 705 new COVID-19 cases, one death - Muswellbrook Chronicle
Sep 27, 2021 48 secs

Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday announced more than 100 grants of up to $4000 and 10 grants of $10,000 for GPs and pharmacies in 11 local government areas with the highest number of infections and the lowest vaccination rates.

Mr Andrews said the grants would allow GPs and pharmacies to operate additional hours, hire more staff or rent out space to run their own vaccination hubs.

Mr Andrews said the state was looking at shortening the interval between first and second doses of Pfizer vaccines at vaccination hubs, which is currently set at six weeks, but needed certainty on supply from the federal government before doing so.

"If we can get that certainty of vaccine supply then we may be able to bring those forward and that would help us reach 70 per cent double-dose faster and in turn, 80 per cent double-dose faster as well," he said.

Mr Andrews said more than 80 per cent of the new infections were aged under 50, with a quarter aged in their 20s.

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