Six million Australians set to receive COVID vaccine as part of phase 1-B

More than six million Australians are now eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines under a new phase of the national rollout. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd said it was an incredibly important milestone in the country's fight against COVID-19.

Paramedic Rhiannon Gallatly (right) receives a AstraZeneca covid19 vaccination at the Royal Exhibition Centre in Melbourne Source: AAP