Canberra, June 20 (TIWN) Medical experts in Australia have urged the government to deploy defence forces to fast-track the troubled coronavirus vaccine rollout, which has been plagued by supply issues and safety concerns.

“We have a race on our hands that we don’t seem to be winning, and we need experts like the ADF to assist with the enormous strategic challenges,” Xinhua news agency quoted epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws as saying to national broadcaster SBS on Saturday.

“The ADF can support the General Practitioner (GP) rollout, the GPs can help the elderly who can’t make long distances to get to the hubs, and the ADF can roll out – and should be rolling out – multiple priority groups.”