Brisbane will need at least four COVID-19 mass vaccination hubs, epidemiologist warns

Brisbane needs to have about four mass COVID-19 vaccination hubs to ensure 85 per cent of the Australian population are vaccinated by mid-next year, a leading epidemiologist says. Mary-Louise McLaws, a World Health Organization COVID-19 advisory panel member, said Australia would need to continue delivering about 40,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses per day and an additional 60,000 Pfizer doses daily from September. Professor McLaws said this would have an estimated 85 per cent of the population vaccinated, which could then allow international borders to open by mid-2022.