E&OE… Topics: Phase 1B rollout, AstraZeneca doses held up in Europe. SCOTT EMERSON: Queensland now has more active coronavirus cases than in anywhere else in Australia. There are 67 active cases here and half are returned travellers from PNG. But we shouldn’t feel discouraged. In the first month of the vaccine rollout,…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Maeve’s Law; COVID-19 vaccine rollout; assistance to PNG. GREG HUNT: Good morning everybody and I’m delighted to be joined this morning by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Australia Professor Michael Kidd. We’ll very shortly give you an update on the very heartening news from the TGA that not…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Vaccination rollout. GREG HUNT: Good afternoon. I’m joined by Professor Murphy, the head of the vaccines taskforce and we’re pleased to give you an update on the COVID-19 progress in Australia, and we’ll begin with the fact that the latest advice from the National Incident Centre is zero cases of…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: AstraZeneca vaccine; COVID-19 vaccine rollout; PETER STEFANOVIC: Well, let’s go to Melbourne now. Joining us live is the Health Minister, Greg Hunt. Minister, good to see you. Thanks for joining us this morning. First of all, your reaction to this news overnight? A lot of European nations given the go…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: COVID-19 cases and vaccination rollout in Australia GREG HUNT: Hello everybody. I’m joined by Professor Michael Kidd, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and we’re providing a brief update in relation to COVID-19 cases and vaccine rollout in Australia. So, very briefly, I’m pleased to be able to report that…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Phase 1B of the vaccine rollout, Securing vaccines for PNG. SABRA LANE: Medical experts say, the Federal Government has serious questions to answer over the launch of the COVID vaccine booking system. Doctors were swamped with inquiries when the system went live yesterday, with many members of the public describing it…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: vaccine rollout, COVID-19 outbreak in PNG JIM WILSON: Big news today. Six million Australians can now book in and get their COVID vaccine from Monday. GP clinics around the country will be able to offer the job to any eligible person, that’s people who meets the criteria of Phase 1B on…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Vaccination rollout in Australia; Phase 1B beginning on 22 March. GREG HUNT: Good afternoon everybody. I’m pleased to be joined by Professor Brendan Murphy. This is the first of our regular updates. He joined the Prime Minister for an update on Sunday, along with obviously Professor John Skerritt, who is the Head of…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: booking appointments to receive COVID vaccine; Papua New Guinea conflict. NEIL MITCHELL: I’ve mentioned earlier we talked about the availability of the vaccine, the list of GP clinics. The Federal Government runs and coordinates it – they provide the vaccinations; they contract the clinics. The State Government is saying it’s their responsibility if…
DetailsPETER STEFANOVIC: Joining us live now Greg Minister, the Minister– Greg Minister Greg Hunt, the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Minister, good to see you. Thanks for joining us this morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Pete. PETER STEFANOVIC: So, enquiry on enquiry has taken place before, we all know that. The shocking claims aren’t…
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