Victoria has recorded no new local coronavirus cases for the 10th day in a row, as GPs prepare to begin vaccinating Victorians against the virus in just over two weeks.
There are now five active cases remaining across the state. There were almost 10,000 tests completed in the last 24 hours.
There was one new cases reported in hotel quarantine.
With GPs to start vaccinating patients against COVID-19 in two weeks, one doctor in Melbourne’s west says his practice is considering delaying its rollout because the allocation of 50 doses a week will not allow it to “set something up which is sustainable”.
GPs have told The Age that the rollout in Victoria will begin from March 22, with clinics across the state to receive their vaccine allocations across four weeks.
Some GPs have raised concerns that the low rates of payment for the vaccinations and lower-than-expected initial dose allocations will make their participation in the rollout uneconomical.
Former prime minister Julia Gillard and federal Health Minister Greg Hunt before receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations on Sunday. Credit:Nine News
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt defended the program on Sunday, saying the 4000 GP practices that registered to be involved was twice what the government expected and health practitioners would not be left out of pocket.
Economists, think tanks and industry groups are using International Women’s Day to call for a suite of policies they say are needed to repair the disproportionate damage done to women by the nation’s first recession in 30 years.
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David Estcourt is a court and general news reporter at The Age.
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