An infectious diseases expert who was part of the team which treated Australia's first coronavirus patient has become the first person in Victoria to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Key points: Monash Health's Rhonda Stuart says it's "amazing" the vaccine is available a year after the first patients were treated About 12,000 doses of the vaccine are scheduled for rollout …
Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the first batch of coronavirus vaccines arriving in the state. Health Minister Martin Foley on Saturday said recording zero cases indicated the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport outbreak was "increasingly under control". Hotel quarantine workers, airport and port workers, high-risk frontline health staff, and public sector …
Major hospitals across Australia are gearing up to deliver the first doses of coronavirus vaccine, which are expected to arrive in the country within weeks. And we have enough in those two freezers to stock about 180,000 doses of vaccine, so there's ample storage capacity to start storing vaccines for our hub," said Rhonda Stuart, Monash Health's Medical Director for …