Discontent with the country's COVID-19 response appears to be building, particularly as Australia's vaccination programme lags behind other developed countries. Since then, 14.7 million vaccine doses have been administered in Australia, enough to give two shots to only 29% of the country's population. Australia's health regulator has so far approved four COVID-19 vaccines for use: AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna. This includes 50 million doses manufactured in Australia by the CSL biotech company. The Australian prime minister has shown an apparent ability to bounce back from polling crises before.

Source: The Nation August 14, 2021 06:56 UTC