Currently, 54 percent of all adults over the age of 16 in Australia are vaccinated against the coronavirus. A lottery should help to bring the quota to over 80 percent.
Sydney – Undecided residents of Australia are now to be persuaded with the help of a million-dollar lottery to get vaccinated against the corona virus.
A total of 4.1 million Australian dollars (around 2.5 million euros) have been raised by companies and philanthropists to bring the vaccination rate in the country to over 80 percent, the media reported on Sunday.
The top prize is a check for a million dollars (around 625,000 euros); the winner is to be drawn on November 5th. The remaining participants will receive 3,100 prizes of 1,000 dollars each in the coming weeks.
“The campaign aims to reward people who would rather be vaccinated now than wait so that we can reduce the community impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Craig Winkler, one of the organizers of the “Million Dollar Vax” – Lottery. “The sooner we achieve high vaccination rates, over 80 percent, the faster we can safely get back to full business and social activity.”
Currently, 54 percent of all adults over the age of 16 in Australia are vaccinated. So far, 102,000 corona infections have been registered in the country, and almost 1200 people have died of corona since the outbreak of the pandemic. dpa
