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When every Australian will be vaccinated against coronavirus is revealed – and it's much sooner than you thought

All Australians are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the space of just eight months. 

Health Minister Greg Hunt said the vaccine rollout is expected to begin in March and be finished by October next year on Thursday.  

'It will work down through the age groups starting in March and working through to an expected completion by October,' Mr Hunt told Chris Smith on 2GB. 

'The way it's likely to work is working down the age groups, which is what's happening around the world, and that simply follows the risk of impact from coronavirus. 

'But also for those workers that might be of risk of transmitting such as the frontline quarantine workers, who will also be in that first round. 

'It will be free, universally available but voluntary.'  

A health worker injects a person during clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine in Florida. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the Australian vaccine rollout is expected to begin in March and be finished by October next year on Thursday

A health worker injects a person during clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine in Florida. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the Australian vaccine rollout is expected to begin in March and be finished by October next year on Thursday

Mr Hunt explained the vaccine will roll out monthly for descending age groups. 

'We'll be rolling out monthly, so the first month we're focused on the health workers, medical workers and aged care residents,' he said. 

This means the second round will come in April, the third in May, the fourth in June, the fifth in July, the sixth in August, the seventh in September and the eighth in October. 

The Health Minister said the vaccine is a 'two-dose jab' consisting of a first shot and a booster taken a month later, meaning people will have to make two trips to be vaccinated.

He said it will available at general practices, hospital, state and commonwealth respiratory clinics and Indigenous community health centres. 

Mr Hunt said he would like the vaccine to be available in pharmacies from the second round when they have 'established a very clear process'.  

Mr Hunt (pictured) said elderly Australians and healthcare workers will be vaccinated first before younger age groups are vaccinated in the following months

Mr Hunt said elderly Australians and healthcare workers will be vaccinated first before younger age groups are vaccinated in the following months 

People are seen exercising at Manly Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches on Wednesday, where there is a cluster of 97 cases. Mr Hunt praised the NSW Government's handling of the Northern Beaches coronavirus cluster

People are seen exercising at Manly Beach in Sydney's Northern Beaches on Wednesday, where there is a cluster of 97 cases. Mr Hunt praised the NSW Government's handling of the Northern Beaches coronavirus cluster

Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly on Wednesday revealed Australia will likely have two vaccines to roll out in March. 

Professor Kelly said three vaccines have been or will soon be approved in other countries and Australia has access to two of them.

The three jabs have been made by Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna and Australia has deals to get hold of a combined 68.3million doses but none from Moderna.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese believes Australians should be granted access to coronavirus vaccines before March if the immunisations are approved by authorities. 

'Labor respects Therapeutic Goods Administration processes but if it approves the Pfizer vaccine in January, it makes no sense not to have access until March,' he told The Daily Telegraph.  

On the contrary, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is not planning on rushing any vaccines as he believes Australia's low coronavirus numbers give us time to watch the roll out and success of the vaccines around the world.  

Registered Nurse Ellie Taylor conducts a COVID-19 test at the Bondi Beach testing clinic. Mr Hunt said healthcare workers will be among the first vaccinated

Registered Nurse Ellie Taylor conducts a COVID-19 test at the Bondi Beach testing clinic. Mr Hunt said healthcare workers will be among the first vaccinated 

The Health Minister echoed the Prime Minister's sentiments on Thursday, saying 'the public doesn’t want to see corners cut'. 

Mr Hunt also praised the NSW Government's handling of the coronavirus cluster in Sydney's Northern Beaches, which rose to 97 cases on Wednesday. 

'I think New South Wales has done an outstanding and extraordinarily positive job,' he said. 

'We have seen over 40,000 tests in recent days and two days of eight cases. 

'I'm hopeful on the early advice that I have that the testing may be even higher and the cases will be very low again.

'This was an outbreak that could have been on a huge Victorian-sized scale and yet the speed, the response, the professionalism and partnership with the community...  that has been a model of what we're looking for in Australia.' 

A shop assistant wears a face mask and Santa had while serving a customer in Sydney on Tuesday

A shop assistant wears a face mask and Santa had while serving a customer in Sydney on Tuesday

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