E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 vaccine trials; aged care outbreaks; NDIS. GREG HUNT: I want to give the Australian Government’s update on COVID-19 and the national actions to help prevent the spread and to contain the disease. In particular today, I want to note that at a time when the world has reached…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 vaccine; Inquiry into the Ruby Princess outbreak; Aged care Royal Commission; REFF in Victoria; State border closures; Rise in immunisation rates. KIERAN GILBERT: Let’s go live now to the Health Minister Greg Hunt who joins us via Zoom. He’s still in quarantine ahead of Parliament sitting. Minister, thank you very…
Australia’s childhood immunisation rates have risen to record levels, with coverage for all five year olds now at 94.77 per cent. Immunisation rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have increased even more. All six categories made positive gains, with coverage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at five years 96.90…