Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has directed the Health Department to prepare a briefing on COVID-19 as one of his first agenda items upon returning from meetings in Japan, as health experts push for wider access to fourth vaccine doses.
“Albanese should be saying to ATAGI: ‘What is the best scientific advice about reducing the impact on the hospital system’?” the health economist said.ATAGI will meet on Wednesday to discuss whether to extend eligibility to all immunocompromised people, a change that would allow about 200,000 more people to get a fourth jab.
While 96 per cent of Australians aged 16 and over are double-dosed, 6.5 million people – almost a third – have not had a booster, including more than 11,470 aged care residents and 191,000 First Nations people. He said it was unclear how many of the people most vulnerable to COVID-19 – such as aged care residents – were being given access to antiviral drugs Paxlovid and Lagevrio, which studies show can reduce the chance of hospitalisation or death by up to 80 per cent.MacIntyre said access to antivirals, currently recommended only for people aged 65 and older with health conditions, should be expanded.
Good hopefully we can bring in some infection control measures now...and get rid of the let it rip mentality.
'Dore said a “much more detailed analysis” of COVID-19 deaths was needed to “get a greater understanding of why people are still dying”. Anyone with half a brain can tell you that; it doesn't work.
But Morrisson has already cured Australians of covid. Except for the old and frail but who needs them?
End all worker vaccine mandates. The vaccine is no longer fit for purpose.
here we go. But Australia voted him in.
Everything is fine in Victoria just ask Dan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣get lost stay out of our lives
Finally! Might get some extra support for the health services and health workers.
All the people panicking can calm down: no one is talking or thinking about lockdowns. That was pre-vaccine when the risk wasn’t thousands of deaths but hundreds of thousands. Now we have better options.
National Cabinet is an undemocratic, secret organisation. No transparency, no public oversight. Not recorded in Hansard. Albo wants a bigger one !! Alarm Bells. auspol
And it begins…
Nope, nope, nope.
Uh oh
at least let the people work from home who can don't force them to come on work site by force
No human rights lawyers? This says a lot.
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