'Nationally, we have been woefully, painfully slow': Merlino on vaccines
Mr Merlino took aim at the vaccine rollout from the federal government.
"There are a lot of things we are waiting for when it comes to the Morrison government," Mr Merlino said.
"We are waiting for a definitive decision on alternative quarantine. We are waiting on whether they are going to support Victorian workers or not. We are waiting on more supply of the vaccine. There are a lot of things we are waiting for.
"The point I would make is the only way, the only way out of this pandemic is the successful rollout of the vaccine.
"The virus, the virus is our enemy and the virus doesn't sleep. The virus mutates, the virus thinks that this is a race.
"I want to take you through some statistics. I said yesterday that only 2 per cent of our population is fully vaccinated. Only 2 per cent.
"Only two out of 10 people have received their first vaccine.
"There are countries around the world where they have got fully vaccinated populations well over 50 per cent.
"In England, they are almost at 50 per cent. In the United States, they are at something like 52 per cent. In Israel it is 57 per cent.
"There are countries around the world that are easing restrictions and getting on top of the pandemic because they have rolled out the vaccine program. We are at 2 per cent.
"Nationally, we have been woefully, painfully slow. So when we get advice from public health that we need a lockdown, it is a lockdown in an environment where only 2 per cent of our population is fully vaccinated."
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