10.24pm BST22:24 AAP has a bit more of prime minister Scott Morrison’s comments regarding national cabinet goals today, and reports the prime minister emerged from his 14-day quarantine yesterday, following his trip to the UK for the G7. “It’s time to start laying it out for the Australian public,” he told the Australian on Friday. … Read more
Atagi’s view is they should have Pfizer rather than AstraZeneca. The question is do we have sufficient Pfizer to protect people in time so that they don’t get Covid which would be far worse than having an AstraZeneca vaccine. It is not a question of should it be AstraZeneca or Pfizer. We don’t have sufficient … Read more
One of the criticisms that the AMA does agree with of the government’s rollout of the vaccine is that the messaging has really been mixed and I think Australians don’t know which way is up when it comes to the vaccine program. We would really like to see some money being put into positive advertising … Read more
NSW is bracing for an escalation in local Covid cases, as the state government prepares a support package for lockdown-affected businesses. Follow latest updates WA, NSW and Qld Covid update: Perth in lockdown, 18 new cases in Sydney, restrictions for south-east Queensland Latest NSW rules and Sydney lockdown restrictions NSW Covid exposure sites and cases … Read more
With regard to really three key lines of investigation at this point in time, the Sandringham workplace outbreak is proceeding well. As I think I said yesterday, for the residents around the Oakleigh apartment building, all but one have confirmed negative test results. One individual we are still having discussions with, and we’re confident that … Read more
The crew member is now in isolation and Virgin Australia is rapidly contacting all team members who are close contacts. Virgin Australia is requiring those crew members to cease flying, get tested and isolate. All passengers on flights the crew member operated will be contacted by health authorities and advised on the correct protocol. The … Read more