Tag: AstraZeneca
Australians will soon receive COVID booster vaccines. Why do we need them, and how effective are they?
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Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), today provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine to be used as a booster for anyone...
If you’re over 60, there’s no sense in ‘waiting for Pfizer’. Here’s why you should get AstraZeneca today
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At least 60 people have now died in the current New South Wales COVID outbreak.
We’ve been keeping track of how old these people were,...
Australia shouldn’t ‘open up’ before we vaccinate at least 80% of the population. Here’s why
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Earlier this month National Cabinet released a four-phase COVID response plan. It wasn’t so much a plan – it had no dates and...
Pfizer doses to be spaced out in NSW crisis, but state fails to get change in vaccination program
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Pfizer doses in NSW will be spaced out to enable more first jabs to be administered quickly, as the Berejiklian government...
Grattan on Saturday: Morrison wrong to try to influence advice from expert immunisation group
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Scott Morrison this week more or less trashed Australia’s top advisory body on immunisation, in remarks that were at best ill-judged...
Grattan on Saturday: Shortage of fuel hampers the general’s vaccine advance
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Despite some questioning about a military man being in charge of the vaccine rollout, when it comes to communicating, Lieutenant General JJ...