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Calls to expand vaccine portfolio after Government fails to secure Moderna vaccine
25 January 2021 - Health experts are calling for Australia to expand its suite of COVID-19 vaccines amid concern the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2021
Mobilising Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine workforce
21 January 2021 - The Australian Government is securing an additional vaccine workforce and working to deliver essential training to everyone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2021
Double vaccine rollout in plan to defeat COVID-19
19 January 2021 - The nation’s top scientific advisers could recommend the rollout of a second round of immunisations to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2021
Herd immunity muddies the waters
16 January 2021 - With case numbers exceedingly low, and the nation poised to roll out the first COVID-19 immunisations ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2021
Oxford vaccine chief says Australia can't afford to delay the jab's rollout
14 January 2021 - A key scientist behind the Oxford coronavirus vaccine has warned against pausing the planned rollout in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2021
'Pursuing herd immunity': Australia's two stage strategy to protect community
14 January 2021 - Australians are being promised a two stage strategy to protect the population from COVID-19 under a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2021
Government races to secure more vaccines but stares down AstraZeneca critics
13 January 2021 - The Morrison government is seeking new deals to vaccinate millions of Australians by the middle of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2021
Vaccine ‘is not good enough’ to stop the virus
13 January 2021 - Doctors are calling for a re-evaluation of Australia’s vaccine strategy, saying that herd immunity cannot be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jan 2021
Most Australians will get the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, but priority groups will receive the Pfizer drug. What's the difference?
12 January 2021 - As Australians navigate lockdowns, border closures, hotel quarantine and COVID-19 testing queues, the wait for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2020
New criteria changes who’ll get COVID-19 vaccine first
16 December 2020 - Australia’s population is expected to be divided into 12 age brackets for the much-anticipated rollout of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2020
Governments will want to track who has had a COVID-19 vaccine
10 December 2020 - Rollout of new shots highlights gaps in countries’ monitoring of who gets inoculated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2020
Prisoners and the obese priority groups for COVID-19 vaccine
9 December 2020 - Prisoners and people with severe obesity will be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination, the federal government has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2020
Turf war: pharmacists will deliver COVID-19 vaccine despite GP concerns
9 December 2020 - Pharmacists will be able to administer COVID-19 vaccinations when the wider immunisation program begins in mid-2021, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2020
Strengthening Australia's immunisation program
3 December 2020 - The Australian Government is continuing to improve Australia’s world leading vaccination program through the Australian Immunisation Register ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2020
Global COVID-19 cases pass 50 million as vaccine proven to be 90 per cent effective
10 November 2020 - A vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has been declared 90% effective, with the Scott Morrison government ...