General practices to hear back on vaccine rollout within two weeks But with phase 1b due to begin next month, RACGP President Dr Karen Price has said GPs still need more guidance.
New laws make vaccination reporting mandatory With the COVID vaccine rollout only weeks away, newly passed legislation means GPs will soon have to report all administered vaccines to the AIR or face a potential fine of more than $6000.
ACCHOs face challenges of vaccine rollout to remote communities As Australia’s COVID vaccination campaign inches closer, Aboriginal health services prepare for a mammoth effort.
Australia secures 10m additional COVID vaccine doses Pfizer/BioNTech have agreed to double the number of doses they will be sending to Australia. Where does that leave us?
Another quarantine outbreak raises questions over airborne transmission The newly-confirmed coronavirus case is a Melbourne hotel worker branded a ‘model employee’, who did not breach any infection control protocols. So how did he catch the virus?
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine approved for use in older Australians The TGA has said there is ‘no specific risk’ associated with vaccinating older people, following reports of deaths in Norway.
Latest hotel quarantine leak proves ‘we’re not learning’ Hotel quarantine has now been breached in every mainland state in Australia, leading experts to label the latest failure ‘Groundhog Day’.
GPs slam ‘worrying’, ‘opportunistic’ pharmacy COVID testing trial Queensland Health is pushing ahead with the planned trial despite concerns for the safety of pharmacists and the wider community.
Prime Minister reveals further $1.9 billion to support vaccine rollout General practice is expected to receive a substantial amount of the new allocation, but details remain limited.
Novavax confirms efficacy against emerging coronavirus variants New data on Australia’s third vaccine candidate shows it is highly effective against most COVID-19 variants, which may prove crucial as production bottlenecks force delays among other options.