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Victoria's new vaccination hubs have been inundated after opening up to over 50s.
While the official figures have not yet been published, around 1000 people had the jab yesterday at the Royal Exhibition Building and more than 2000 were given it at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Both are two of the city's new mass vaccination hubs, with 22 sites now open as part of phase 2a.
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© GettyNursing staff at the mass vaccination hub at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia.
Some people had to wait for more than two hours, with booking lines also inundated - in the morning alone 850 people phoned up to try and book.
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Some of the walk-in clinics had to turn people away as they were too busy.
People can also book online.
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It's not yet known how many vaccinations were done on Monday, but figures are expected to be released later.
Meanwhile, NSW is still three weeks away from opening mass vaccination sites, with a hub planned for Olympic Park.
© GettyThe Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton is one of the mass-vaccination hubs.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has refused to set targets for when everybody will be vaccinated, after initial plans to have four million jabs done by the end of March saw only 1m given it.
The original plan was to have the nation vaccinated by October this year.
Over 50s are being given the AstraZeneca jab.