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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Bageshri Savyasachi

'It was awful': 100-year-old suffered shingles amid free vaccine shortage

A 100-year-old who endured a fortnight of shingles said dozens of people were queuing up at her local pharmacy amid a city-wide shortage of free vaccines.

The woman, who did not want to be named, didn't know she had been infected or why she had a blistering rash.

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