Government health adviser rejects calls for mandatory COVID-19 vaccine

11 February 2021 - A former deputy chief medical officer has rejected calls for coronavirus vaccines to be made mandatory ...

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Anti-vaxxers letter-drop households as Australia prepares for COVID-19 vaccine rollout

10 February 2021 - Concerns have been raised over anti-vaxxer leaflets being left in letterboxes in the Macedon Ranges and ...

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Australians to have proof of their coronavirus vaccination on their smartphone

7 February 2021 - The Federal Government has revealed further details of its COVID-19 vaccination plan, confirming Australians will be ...

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Double vaccine rollout in plan to defeat COVID-19

19 January 2021 - The nation’s top scientific advisers could recommend the rollout of a second round of immunisations to ...

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Herd immunity muddies the waters

16 January 2021 - With case numbers exceedingly low, and the nation poised to roll out the first COVID-19 immunisations ...

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Oxford vaccine chief says Australia can't afford to delay the jab's rollout

14 January 2021 - A key scientist behind the Oxford coronavirus vaccine has warned against pausing the planned rollout in ...

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'Pursuing herd immunity': Australia's two stage strategy to protect community

14 January 2021 - Australians are being promised a two stage strategy to protect the population from COVID-19 under a ...

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Government races to secure more vaccines but stares down AstraZeneca critics

13 January 2021 - The Morrison government is seeking new deals to vaccinate millions of Australians by the middle of ...

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Vaccine ‘is not good enough’ to stop the virus

13 January 2021 - Doctors are calling for a re-evaluation of Australia’s vaccine strategy, saying that herd immunity cannot be ...

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Most Australians will get the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, but priority groups will receive the Pfizer drug. What's the difference?

12 January 2021 - As Australians navigate lockdowns, border closures, hotel quarantine and COVID-19 testing queues, the wait for the ...

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New criteria changes who’ll get COVID-19 vaccine first

16 December 2020 - Australia’s population is expected to be divided into 12 age brackets for the much-anticipated rollout of ...

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Governments will want to track who has had a COVID-19 vaccine

10 December 2020 - Rollout of new shots highlights gaps in countries’ monitoring of who gets inoculated. ...

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Prisoners and the obese priority groups for COVID-19 vaccine

9 December 2020 - Prisoners and people with severe obesity will be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination, the federal government has ...

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COVID-19 vaccine attitudes differ in Australia as experts say we're at a 'precarious time'

29 October 2020 - Andrea Vincita hasn't seen her family in a year. ...

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Australians could get different COVID vaccines, CSL may need an extra year for a non-protein COVID vaccine

26 October 2020 - Multiple COVID vaccines could be given to Australians if proven successful to make up for a shortage ...

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