Confusion as Government walks back bivalent dose commitment Australia will not receive 15 million doses of variant-specific vaccines from Moderna in 2022.
What do we know about Deltacron? The hybrid variant contains elements of both Delta and Omicron, and has already been identified in multiple countries.
What does the Omicron sub variant mean for Australia’s pandemic response? Detected in at least 40 countries, including Australia, BA.2 is described as being ‘stealthier’ than the original version of Omicron.
How vaccine companies are responding to Omicron Scientists are scrambling to test and potentially update their vaccine candidates against the latest COVID variant of concern.
‘Alert but not alarmed’: What GPs need to know about Omicron Cases involving the newly named variant of concern have now been found in many countries, including Australia. What are the implications for general practice?
New COVID variant emerges in southern Africa B.1.1.529 has double the mutations of Delta and fuelled a rapid rise in cases in South Africa. What could it mean for vaccine-induced immunity?
COVID-19 vaccination reduces household transmission up to 97% The new research findings also appear to be reflected by the recent downward trend in Australian locally acquired cases, a former World Health Organization epidemiologist says.
Children’s risk of long COVID ‘substantially lower’ than expected For the majority of young people, COVID-19 is a mild disease – what does that mean for the possibility of vaccinating under-12s?
How are COVID vaccines faring against Delta? New insights from the UK and Israel suggest first generation vaccines may not be as effective, but it’s not all doom and gloom.
Are vaccines keeping up with Delta? The efficacy of vaccines against the latest variant of concern is under intense scrutiny. Here’s what the latest studies have found.