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Mr Hunt said there would be a âsignificant sprintâ in the rollout after Pfizer shipped another 20 million doses from October.
Mr Morrison contacted Victorian Acting Premier James Merlino on Tuesday afternoon to ask him to back the urgent meeting, while he also texted Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to tell him of the plan.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned on Monday about supply problems, with the state getting more than expected in some weeks and fewer than expected in others. Mr Morrison contacted Ms Berejiklian as well as others, such as Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, to seek their support for the new approach.
Mr Hunt said there would be a âsignificant sprintâ in the rollout after Pfizer shipped another 20 million doses from October.
Mr Morrison contacted Victorian Acting Premier James Merlino on Tuesday afternoon to ask him to back the urgent meeting, while he also texted Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to tell him of the plan.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned on Monday about supply problems, with the state getting more than expected in some weeks and fewer than expected in others. Mr Morrison contacted Ms Berejiklian as well as others, such as Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, to seek their support for the new approach.
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Some of the masks distributed to hospitals and aged care homes at the height of the pandemic as part of the federal government's national medical stockpile have been judged defective by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Laboratory testing by Australiaâs medical regulator identified a range of issues with some disposable surgical masks branded Softmed and imported by M House.
The issues include quality control, lack of proper labelling, and inconsistent fluid resistance between batches. Fluid resistance is vital for medical masks, as fluid droplets generated by coughing and sneezing have been found to spread COVID-19.
A Kirby Institute study, published in November, estimated Australian healthcare workers were nearly three times more likely to become infected with coronavirus than other Australians. More than 3560 healthcare workers have been infected with COVID-19 in Victoria. Nearly three-quarters of them caught the virus at work.