Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Indeed, in particular, what we've seen in the last 24 hours is 128,000 Australians step forward to be vaccinated, significantly more than we were anticipating at this point in time, and I think a very heartening response for Australia. Last week ATAGI made a decision which reflects the medical advice and which we respect, but this week Australians have stepped forward. And they've done so right across Australia, in the cities, in country towns and in regional areas, exactly as the Deputy Prime Minister was saying. What we have seen now is that we have over 27 per cent of all Australians who've been vaccinated—over 48 per cent of those over 50 years of age. We have over 65 per cent of those that are over 70 years of age. All of these things are coming together to mean that, whether you are in the country or in the city, whether you are in rural or regional Australia or in any part of Australia, you are being kept safe and you are keeping others safe by stepping forward to be vaccinated.

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