6 June 2021 - Pharmacists say the COVID-19 immunisation program could be accelerated by three months if they could administer the vaccines.

Modelling prepared for the Pharmacy Guild of Australia suggests without their involvement, the expected time to vaccinate everyone aged 16 or older could take a further 408 days.

That compares to 241 days if around 4,000 community pharmacies – already classified as “suitable” to deliver the vaccines – are included in the program.

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