How will Australia's vaccine rollout work?

A woman receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

A woman receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Source: AAP

In a few weeks' time, Australia will begin vaccinating some of its most vulnerable populations against COVID-19.


The Australian Government says it hopes to start the mass vaccination program against coronavirus around mid to late-February.

The vaccine rollout will happen in five priority stages.

The first group will be Australia's quarantine and border workers, aged and disability care staff and residents, plus priority frontline healthcare workers.

Next up will be people over the age of 70, other healthcare workers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over the age of 55, younger adults with underlying medical conditions or disabilities, and critical, high-risk workers like emergency services.

The third group will include adults aged 50 to 69, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, and other critical, high-risk workers.

Stage four will be the largest group - the remainder of Australia’s adult population.

The final group will be children under the age of 18, although they will only be inoculated if medical advice suggests it's warranted.

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