Once a Covid-hero, how Australia transformed into a vaccine laggard?

Australia is ahead of only near neighbour New Zealand among the 38 OECD nations in administering doses

After winning plaudits for an initial coronavirus response that avoided the heavy death tolls seen in the U.S. and Europe, Australia’s sluggish vaccine rollout plan has transformed the country into a pandemic laggard.

The Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker shows the nation is ahead of only near neighbour New Zealand among the 38 OECD nations in administering doses. Australia has provided enough jabs for just 14.7% of its population, falling behind many small economies including Morocco at 25.4%, Azerbaijan with 17% and the tiny South American nation of Suriname at 15.5%. 

Hit by supply-chain hold-ups from contracted drug-makers, Prime