Aged care has been plunged back into the centre of a COVID-19 crisis as a staff member has tested positive for the virus in Victoria. After Victorians headed back into lockdown for seven days at the end of last week, ...
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Graph exposes Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine failure
A sobering graph has exposed Australia’s failings when it comes it administering the COVID-19 vaccine. Our World In Data revealed just how far behind the nation is with its rollout as countries like the US, UK, Canada and Spain continue ...
More »Aged care worker sacked for refusing flu vaccine has unfair dismissal claim rejected
A NSW aged care worker has had her unfair dismissal claim rejected after she was sacked for refusing to have a flu jab, The Guardian reported. Jennifer Kimber, a receptionist with Imlay House in Pambula on the NSW south coast, ...
More »Almost a third of the country is now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine – but the availability will depend on where you live.
Eight million Australians are now eligible to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine as the federal government ramps up the rollout of national immunisation against COVID-19. Australians aged over 50 have been brought forward in the government’s vaccine timeline as part of ...
More »South Australia seeks legal advice on compulsory vaccinations for medi-hotel workers
The South Australian state government has sought legal advice to see if COVID-19 vaccines should become mandatory for medi-hotel workers. Advice has also been sought to determine if staff who aren’t vaccinated should be moved into other roles. Earlier this week ...
More »New step to contain ‘worrying’ cluster, no aged care cases yet
Brisbane residents will have access to urgent COVID-19 testing even when asymptomatic as fears grow over a cluster in the city. Queensland has confirmed 10 cases of the highly infectious UK COVID-19 strain, four locally acquired, plunging Greater Brisbane into ...
More »3 COVID lessons for a more compassionate aged care system: opinion
While we’re not completely out of the woods yet, we can finally start to see a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel with the COVID vaccination rollout now underway across the country. The aged care sector ...
More »AstraZeneca becomes second COVID vaccine to get TGA approval
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted provisional approval for the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement, TGA said Australians can be confident that the regulator's review process was rigorous and of the highest standard. It ...
More »Course correcting vaccine misinformation
With Australia's timeline for COVID-19 vaccination shifting, talk has again turned to those opposed to jabs of any kind. And a Queensland academic is hoping to help boost vaccination rates across the country with the world’s first Massive Open Online ...
More »COVID-19 vaccine 90 per cent effective, says Pfizer
Phramaceutical brand Pfzier says its COVID-19 vaccine is 90 per cent effective in protecting people from the virus. The news has been welcomed worldwide and one leading scientist says life might be back to normal by the spring. "I am ...
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