Canberra is Australia's capital city, relatively small compared with Sydney.

Its dodged the worst of Australia's outbreaks.

  • Just over half of Canberra's adult population has already received their first COVID-19 vaccine, and just under a quarter have had two shots
  • The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is on track to be the first jurisdiction in Australia to to reach the 70% vaccination target

From today, Canberrans aged 30 to 39 can book appointments to receive a Pfizer vaccine.

There has been a great deal of hesitancy to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, as Pfizer becomes more widely available the vaccination rate should accelerate.

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