'Let us help you': NSW's plea to Federal Government over vaccine rollout

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has pleaded with the Federal Government to "let us help" with the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine.

It comes after a war of words erupted between the two governments over claims NSW has been slow to administer COVID-19 shots.

"If we don't help the Commonwealth, they will not be able to meet their own deadlines rolling out the vaccine," Ms Berejiklian told Today.

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"As a state, NSW has been asked to do 300,000 vaccines.

"We've done 100,000 already. We're a third of the way through.

"And when we finish the 300,000 we've been asked to do, because there's around 6 million people in NSW that need to get vaccinated, we're saying to the Commonwealth, let us help you.

"We can do tens of thousands of vaccines a week. Let us help you through the GP network you have, because we know the GPs are going to be doing their part.

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"We're saying to the Commonwealth, let us help you. Which they haven't agreed to. We've got 100 hubs set up ready to go around NSW. They haven't agreed to that."

Health Minister Greg Hunt this morning backed the state's progress, saying that he thinks "they're doing a good job".

"All states and territories have 12-week plan and all states and territories have been receiving doses in accordance with that 12-week plan on the time frame," he said on Today this morning.

"Yesterday was a record day, 72,000 vaccines. We now hit 670,000. We will be at over 750,000 or three-quarters of a million most likely by the end of today.

"They're frankly doing a very good job."

Mr Hunt added that despite criticism on the pace of the rollout, he believes Australia is in a "strong situation".

"We're in a very strong situation where we now have sovereign vaccine manufacturing capability in Australia," he said.

"That means certainty of supply and with that becomes an expansion.

"We've now moved to the general public vaccinations for the over-70s, the over-80s, the over-55s for Indigenous Australians, health workers, and also those with chronic diseases."

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