COVID vaccine
Across NSW, more than 95% of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94.4% have received two doses to Saturday 12 March 2022. Of children aged 12 ...
The Australian Government has accepted advice from leading immunisation experts to make the Moderna (SPIKEVAX) COVID-19 vaccine available for children aged six years and older from 24 February 2022 – broadening the previous recommendation for ...
New research continues to affirm the safety of the covid-19 vaccines for people planning or expecting to have children. The study found no evidence that vaccination affected the outcomes of patients getting in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), ...
Australians aged 18+ will now have access to a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (Novavax) in coming weeks, after the Australian Government accepted advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) that it be included ...
Vaccinating 5 to 11-year-old children in Australia against COVID-19 is a significant step closer, with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) provisionally approving the Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine as safe and effective for use among this age ...
Home quarantine will become more accessible for returning Queenslanders and eligible interstate travellers once the 70% double-dose vaccination mark is reached. Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Yvette D’Ath today said the success of the ...
In response to the faster-than-expected rate of vaccination, the NSW Government will further ease rules for those who are fully vaccinated by bringing forward many of the roadmap changes scheduled for 1 December to Monday, 8 ...
Queensland’s outgoing chief health officer has issued a final plea for people to protect themselves against COVID-19 before the borders reopen. Jeannette Young will be sworn in as Queensland’s 27th governor on Monday, ending the most ...
Concerns have been raised about the level of those that remain unvaccinated among workers in remote Indigenous community stores, as Aboriginal leaders seek an urgent ministerial meeting about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The CEO of ...
A central Queensland mayor is facing allegations of COVID-19 vaccine misconduct for raising concerns about the local rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Barcaldine Regional Council Mayor Sean Dillon said he had “no confidence” in the Central ...
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