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Wednesday February 24 2021
The Australian Government has developed a suite of Easy Read resources about the Pfizer vaccine and the rollout of vaccinations. There are 10 resources available online that include information on: what is the vaccine and is it safe? what the vaccine does who gets the vaccine and who gets it first? where you can get […]
Thursday February 18 2021
Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne have all had recent cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) come out of hotel quarantine and into the community. Governments have been particularly worried about these cases because they have been UK variants of the virus, which is even more contagious than the original virus. What is a variant? When viruses move from […]
Thursday February 18 2021
Australia’s medical regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, has approved the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The Australian Government has ordered 53.8 million doses of the vaccine, most of which will be made in Melbourne. Most Australians will get this vaccine rather than the Pfizer vaccine, which will start being used at the end of February. […]
Thursday February 18 2021
Australians have started receiving the first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The Australian Government expects 60,000 doses to be rolled out by the end of February 2021. The vaccines will be rolled out over three phases. The phases are based on who is at the highest risk of catching COVID and who is at […]
Monday December 21 2020
On Saturday 19 December, new restrictions came into force in New South Wales’ Northern Beaches Local Government Area due to a new cluster of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. As of 21 December, there are 83 cases of COVID-19 linked to this cluster. The source of the outbreak is still unknown. Many states have also closed their […]
Tuesday December 15 2020
Around the world, roughly 200 coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are being developed. More than 40 of these are now being trialled on humans. Australia is currently focussing on manufacturing the British-developed AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine. Fifty million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine are being developed under license in Melbourne, with the first batch expected to be […]