AUSTRALIA'S COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT PHASES
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Phase 1a (up to 1.4 million doses)
Quarantine and border workers
Frontline healthcare worker
Aged care and disability care staff
Aged care and disability care residents
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Phase 1b (up to 14.8 million doses)
Elderly adults aged 80 years and over
Elderly adults aged 70-79 years
Other health care workers
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 55
Younger adults with an underlying medical condition, including those with a disability
Critical and high-risk workers including defence, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing
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Phase 2a (up to 15.8 million doses)
Adults aged 60-69 years
Adults aged 50-59 years
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 18-54
Other critical and high-risk workers
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Phase 2b (up to 16 million doses)
Balance of adult population
Catch up any unvaccinated Australians from previous phases
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Phase 3 (up to 13.6 million doses)
If recommended for under 16 years
Australian Associated Press