AstraZeneca rollout setback expected to top National Cabinet agenda

The shift in Australia’s vaccine rollout following revised AstraZeneca advice will top the National Cabinet agenda today when state leaders meet for the first time in five weeks. State leaders already frustrated by the glacial pace of the rollout are expected to discuss further delays flagged by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a late night press conference yesterday where he announced the change in health advice. The premiers’ push to ramp up the speed of the rollout stems from the fact opening up the nation and keeping state borders open largely hinges on the success of the country’s inoculation program.