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The government s vaccine advisory group is now advising all adults in Greater Sydney Sydneysiders to get the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has been meeting multiple times this week to review its advice, which up until now has recommended AstraZeneca for those aged 60 and over - to limit the very rare side effect of blood clotting.
The body said the increased risk from COVID-19 has prompted the change in advice. All individuals aged 18 years and above in greater Sydney, including adults under 60 years of age, should strongly consider getting vaccinated with any available vaccine including COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, ATAGI said in a statement.
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Only a trickle of vaccines have made their way into the arms of disability care residents classed among Australia s most vulnerable as a result of complications with the aged care rollout, a Senate committee has heard.
Senators quizzed some of the country s top health experts on Tuesday afternoon, revealing a delay to predicted shipments of Australia s third vaccine and a May deadline for scientific advice on border reopenings but no update to the rollout timetable.
Department of Health associate secretary Caroline Edwards told the committee out of 25,000 disability care residents, only 1448 first doses had been administered and just 192 people were fully protected.
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