Australia is climbing up the world rankings of vaccination rates.
While the nation was bottom of the table in June, it has now risen above countries such as Germany, the UK, Israel in and US according to official global figures covering the
Our World in Data, which measures vaccination rates per total population, puts the nation more than half way up the table, among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations.
It is just behind Italy, South Korea and Canada, with Portugal and Chile leading the way.
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It's a far cry from dead bottom, just over five months ago, when even places such as Costa Rica, Colombia and New Zealand were doing better.
Australia has now passed 85 percent of over 16s fully vaccinated.
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Back in June, former secretary of the Department of Health Stephen Duckett called the situation "a sad indictment,".
He blamed the rollout and the decision to secure two vaccines initially. This has grown to three, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna, with Novavax on the way but not approved
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But the nation has turned the situation around, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week announcing the nation has "one of the highest vaccination rates of countries in the world."
He called that, and the economic situation, "extraordinary achievements by Australians".
According to Our World in Data, 53.4 per cent of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine - that's 7.72 billion doses
However, only five per cent of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose.
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