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A technician prepares a Pfizer vaccine in the pharmacy area of the newly opened Covid-19 Vaccination Centre in Sydney, Australia, May 10, 2021 Australia will expand its Covid-19 vaccination drive to include around one million children aged 12-15 as it secures additional supplies in a bid to step up the pace of its inoculation amid a surge in infections.
The steady rise in infections has turned up the heat on authorities to procure emergency vaccine supplies. "We have the supply, we think we've got the distribution network and now it really comes down to people stepping forward, getting booked in and getting vaccinated," Frewen told local broadcaster ABC.South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced plans to introduce Covid-19 "vaccine passports" amid widespread scepticism of the jab, ahead of an easing of movement restrictions this week.
But he added that "a sustained decline in infections... over the last few weeks" would allow for an easing of confinement measures from Monday.
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