Australia's expert panel on vaccines has recommended a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine for people who are "severely" immunocompromised. Key points: Third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available for severely immunocompromised people from next week Advice on booster shots for the general population is due later this month Additional shots have been recommended to be given two …
A decision on whether to offer all children aged 12 to 15 years old a COVID vaccine is "not too far away", the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said. Key points: The expert panel on vaccines is currently considering whether to expand the rollout Children aged 12 to 15 years old who are Indigenous or with underlying health conditions are …
Pfizer will produce 85 million booster shots for Australia, with the first batch to arrive sometime next year. Key points: 60 million doses will be sent to Australia next year and 25 million doses are due to arrive in 2023 The PM says it will allow every Australian to have a booster shot Labor says priority should be placed on …
The expert panel advising on Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout has not changed its advice limiting AstraZeneca vaccines to people over 60. Key points: ATAGI, the government's expert panel on vaccines, meets each week to discuss the government's response to the pandemic; The panel did not change its advice limiting AstraZeneca to people over 60 Prime Minister Scott Morrison indicated the …
On Thursday evening, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Secretary Brendan Murphy announced that Australia was diverging from its plan to use the AstraZeneca vaccine for the bulk of the population. As Australia's leading research agency on immunisation, ATAGI briefs the Health Minister and as recently as last week had said that although they were investigating a case of unusual …