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Australia Hits 80% Full Covid Vaccine Rate for People 16 and Up
A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination hub in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 9.
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Australia hit its target of having 80% of people aged 16 and older fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, as the country shifts from a strict containment policy toward living with the virus as endemic.