'An amazing day': Thousands of frontline workers across Australia get the COVID-19 vaccine

Australia's largest-ever vaccine rollout has begun after Prime Minister Scott Morrison led a small band of people to get the nation's first COVID-19 jabs on Sunday.

Gayathry Vellangalloor Srinivasan, an Environmental Services Supervisor was one of the first people in NSW to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Source: AAP

Health experts are urging all Australians to get the coronavirus vaccine once they are able to, as the start of the jab rollout is heralded as a milestone in the nation's pandemic response.

The rollout commences with about 60,000 Pfizer vaccine doses to be administered to priority groups.

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