Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccinations are being rolled out slower than most states,with less than a third of the supplied doses being administered in the first week.
A vaccine expert says two aged care residents are unlikely to experience any adverse effects from being administered a too much of the coronavirus vaccine.
St Vincent’s said it has reported the GP involved to the medical regulator,stressing that the people administering the vaccine were outside staff allocated to the facility for the rollout.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called on the Commonwealth to “explain itself” after aged-care residents were given incorrect doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Queensland researchers believe they have developed a viable vaccine to combat strep A,which kills half-a-million people worldwide every year.
GPs say they will be the front line of the major push to get people vaccinated against COVID-19 and they need more resources to ensure the process is smooth.
About 1200 frontline quarantine and healthcare workers received the COVID vaccination on Monday.
A “joyful” NSW Premier said she she felt an enormous sense of relief as the first frontline quarantine and healthcare workers received their Pfizer vaccine injections on Monday morning.
The head of AstraZeneca’s Australian operations says no agreement has been struck with the federal government to produce updated doses of its vaccine.
The sheer number of quarantine and frontline healthcare workers in NSW makes allocating the lion’s share of vaccine doses to the state a simple equation,several state and federal public health and policy staff told The Sydney Morning Herald.
A trial run by the Mater Hospital in Brisbane is hoped to prove the efficacy of a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus,which disproportionately affects babies.