Mr Merlino says Victorian health authorities have lodged a request with the federal government to help meet vaccine demands.
He says there has been a "significant increase in demand" for both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in the wake of the outbreak, and "we're now running at around 140,000 doses per week".
"But demand still exceeds access. People are having to wait weeks, we have seen long queues, we have also seen gaps in access, particularly in regional Victoria and in our peri-urban areas.
"This morning we have made a request to the Commonwealth, a request to double the distribution, double the number of AstraZeneca to our primary care givers, our GP network. We agree with the AMA that our GPs can do double what they are doing. We want to see a doubling of the AstraZeneca vaccine to our GPs.
We also want to see... Pfizer allocations, starting from a further 100,000, an additional 100,000 from mid-June and some confidence in supply for that 6-week period.
"I want to say, again, the discussions between the Victorian Health Minister and the Federal Health Minister have been very positive. The federal government has indicated they will do all they can to ensure that that additional request from Victoria is met."
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