GREG HUNT: We want to give you an update on the vaccine rollout, on a number of fronts. Firstly, in relation to general practice approvals. Secondly in relation to the status of health cases. We also want to address one case, which has been raised in Queensland, and the Chief Medical Officer who has been…
GREG HUNT: I’m pleased to be able to report that a second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived in Australia. It’s the first of two over the course of the next week which between them should deliver 280,000 doses this week; 166,000 doses have arrived; next week it will be approximately 120,000 doses. We’ll…
RACHEL STEPHEN-SMITH: Alright, well welcome everyone here to Canberra Hospital’s COVID-19 surge centre. This incredible facility was built really quickly when we didn’t know what was going to happen with COVID-19 in case we needed extra emergency department capacity. But for the last two months it’s been a COVID-19 testing centre, and now it’s our…
E&OE… Topics: The timeframe for vaccinations for COVID-19; overcoming vaccine hesitancy; rape allegations in Parliament. DAVID SPEERS: Minister, welcome to the program. GREG HUNT: Morning. DAVID SPEERS: Let’s just start with this point about how long it’s taken to get to the point we’re at now. Australia did take longer…
E&OE… Topics: Vaccine rollout in Australia. GREG HUNT: Good afternoon everybody. I am joined by Professor Brandan Murphy who is the head of the Vaccines Taskforce. We wanted to outline today the next steps with regards to phase 1A of Australia’s COVID vaccine program, which begins next Monday. Before doing so, I,…
E&OE… Topics: Vaccine arrival in Australia; Victoria lockdown; JIM WILSON: Big news this afternoon, very exciting. The first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived in Australia. Health Minister Greg Hunt announced the great news earlier today. The first dose is set to be rolled out in one week beginning next Monday.…
E&OE… Topics: CALD COVID vaccination plan; Vaccine arrival and rollout; Victoria’s lockdown; New Zealand travel bubble. GREG HUNT: Well, good afternoon everybody. I’m joined by Professor Paul Kelly, the Chief Medical Officer of Australia who has been in meetings with the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, or the panel of medical experts today.…
E&OE… Topics: Hotel quarantine outbreak, WHO Investigation KARL STEFANOVIC: Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government for a major overhaul of Australia’s hotel quarantine system to keep highly infectious strains out. LEILA MCKINNON: Yeah, that comes after two new cases of coronavirus were linked to Melbourne’s Holiday Inn, forcing an entire floor…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Vaccine administration training; COVID-19 cases; hotel quarantine; ADF support GREG HUNT: Well, good afternoon everybody. I’m delighted to be joined today by the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for Australia, Professor Alison McMillan, and we’re here to announce the next step in preparation for Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 vaccine roll out; new case in Victoria; lockdowns; hotel quarantine TOM ELLIOTT: Well, now for a bit of good news, the Federal Health Minister announced today that he had secured an extra 10 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine. He joins us on the line right now. Federal Health Minister…