Covid-19 vaccine delays cost Australia $20 billion

Australia’s sluggish Covid-19 vaccine rollout cost the nation at least $20 billion as strict lockdowns and other restrictions were unnecessarily prolonged, a government-backed inquiry concluded on October 29. The 12-month inquiry singled out Australia’s initial lack of urgency in distributing Covid-19 vaccines, with then-prime minister Scott Morrison at one point declaring the rollout “not a...