Main points from national cabinet meeting

KEY POINTS FROM NATIONAL CABINET MEETING

* Commonwealth support payments will be immediately triggered by hotspot declarations based on the advice of the chief medical officer.

* A mental health package is being developed for locked-down Victoria.

* Work continues on what vaccination rates will be needed to get through the four steps to reopening the country.

* More pharmacies in metropolitan areas will be brought into the vaccination program when vaccine supplies allow.

* States and territories are being encouraged to use stocks of AstraZeneca to boost the vaccination program.

Main points from national cabinet meeting

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