Canberra, March 14 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday announced additional funding to extend the Covid-19 health response until at least the end of 2021.
Morrison said that the A$1.1 billion in funding would protect Australians from the “ongoing threat of the pandemic”, reports Xinhua news agency It takes the total government spending on the health response to the pandemic to more than A$23 billion, including about A$6 billion on the vaccine rollout.
“We are moving into the sort of post-emergency phase, particularly economically from the end of this month, which is the same time that the Covid-19 response with the vaccination program ramps up to a whole new level,” Morrison told reporters after receiving his second dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
As of Saturday more than 160,000 vaccines had been administered in Australia.
Morrison and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul Kelly were among the first Australians to receive their second dose.
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