Promising Signs for Virus Vaccine Take-Up in Australia

Promising Signs for Virus Vaccine Take-Up in Australia
Deputy charge nurse, Katie McIntosh administers the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs at the Western General Hospital on December 8, 2020 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Andrew Milligan - Pool / Getty Images
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As Australia awaits the go ahead for the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine, new figures suggest people are more than happy to get their jab.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says five-year old immunisation rates are now beyond the aspirational target of 95 percent coverage.