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Vaccine confusion as clots force jab switch for two million
17 June 2021 - Health authorities are scrambling to switch more than two million Australians aged under 60 to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
End ‘vaccine frustration’ and let pharmacies join the rollout: Pharmacy Guild
9 June 2021 - New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia could all soon join Queensland in allowing rural or ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2021
Queensland pharmacies join rollout, 1 million regional vaccines delivered
7 June 2021 - More rural and remote Queenslanders will be rolling up their sleeves as local pharmacies join the national ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2021
Safer and more effective shingles vaccine will be available to Aussies - but it won’t come cheap
8 June 2021 - A new shingles vaccine almost twice as effective as the one currently available to Australians will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2021
Pharmacy Guild asks for right to give jab
6 June 2021 - Pharmacists say the COVID-19 immunisation program could be accelerated by three months if they could administer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2021
Calls to fast track Pfizer for Victoria amid ‘phenomenal demand’ for vaccine
3 June 2021 - The Australian Medical Association is pushing for COVID-19 vaccines to be fast-tracked into general practices amid ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2021
A consultancy firm was paid $660,000 to advise on Australia's COVID-19 vaccine strategy. But a government official said they provided no 'specific advice'.
3 June 2021 - McKinsey was paid $660,000 by the Health Department as part of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2021
More GPs to join the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
27 May 2021 - The role of general practices in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is set to expand, with up to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2021
130,000 additional vaccines for Victoria
26 May 2021 - The Australian Government is releasing an additional 130,000 vaccines to support Victoria to accelerate vaccinations in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2021
TGA decision will ‘open up’ general practice to Pfizer
25 May 2021 - Australia’s medical regulator has said the Comirnaty coronavirus vaccine can now be stored in standard fridges for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2021
COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Aussies could get COVID-19 jabs by Christmas
23 May 2021 - The federal government has made a major change to the Pfizer rollout, and it could see Australians ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2021
Thousands of AstraZeneca shots pile up in federal-run clinics as GPs wait
20 May 2021 - Thousands of AstraZeneca doses are sitting unused in federal government-run clinic refrigerators across Sydney and regional ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2021
Almost one-third of adult Australians say they’re unlikely to get COVID vaccination: survey
19 May 2021 - Almost one-third of adult Australians say they are unlikely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2021
Australian Medical Association urges over 50s to not wait for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
18 May 2021 - The Australian Medical Association has backed the NSW Premier in urging people aged over 50 who ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2021
One in four COVID vaccine doses distributed in Australia not yet administered, figures show
17 May 2021 - New figures show one in four COVID-19 vaccines available in Australia have not been administered, with GP ...