Transcript – Press Conference – Canberra

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   22 January 2022   PRESS CONFERENCE CANBERRA   E&OE…                       Topics: Rapid antigen tests, National Eating Disorder Research Centre, COVID-19 Vaccines   GREG HUNT:          Welcome everybody. I’m joined today by Christine Morgan, the head of the National Mental Health Commission,…

Transcript – Interview – Angela Bishop & Trent MacManus, Studio 10

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   20 January 2022             STUDI0 10 WITH ANGELA BISHOP AND TRISTAN MACMANUS     E&OE…                       Topics: Anti-viral COVID-19 treatments, Australia’s Health System, Rapid Antigen Tests.   TRISTAN MACMANUS:    Now, yesterday, 75 people died of COVID-19 nationwide. That is the…

Transcript – Interview – David Lipson, ABC AM

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   20 January 2022             ABC AM WITH DAVID LIPSON     E&OE…                       Topics: Kids vaccinations, anti-viral COVID-19 treatments.   DAVID LIPSON: The Federal Health Minister is Greg Hunt and he joins me on the line. Greg Hunt, thanks for your…

Two Anti-Viral COVID-19 Treatments Approved

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   20 January 2022   The Australian Government welcomes the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) provisional approval of the first oral treatments for COVID-19 in Australia, Lagevrio® (molnupiravir) and Paxlovid® (nirmatrelvir + ritonavir).   Lagevrio and Paxlovid are oral anti-viral treatments that…

Transcript – Press Conference – Canberra

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   18 January 2022   PRESS CONFERENCE CANBERRA   E&OE…                       Topics: Private Hospitals Agreement; National Medical Stockpile; provision of PPE; Omicron variant; vaccination rates.   GREG HUNT: Welcome, everybody. I’m joined this afternoon by the Chief Medical Officer of Australia, Professor…