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Australia s leaders past and present mourn Prince Philip s death
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Australia s Governor-General and political leaders past and present were among the first to pay tribute following news of Prince Philip s death.
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General Hurley and the Prime Minister highlighted the duke s connections to Australia
Former prime minister Tony Abbott said the world seems a little emptier tonight
The royal family revealed that the Duke of Edinburgh had passed away peacefully on Thursday morning local time at Windsor Castle.
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Australia s drug regulators are holding urgent meetings after European authorities confirmed a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots.
The United Kingdom will offer people aged under 30 an alternative vaccine due to the blood clot risk.
The European Medicines Agency has not made a specific recommendation, but found women and people under 60 were at a higher risk of developing the rare side effect.
The advice could pose a significant threat to Australia s vaccine strategy, given most Australians are set to receive the AstraZeneca jab.
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Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said Australian regulators were considering the findings.
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Australia s vaccine regulators are urgently investigating the European Medicines Agency s findings of a possible link between the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots.
While the EMA has not made a specific recommendation, it has found women and people under 60 are at a higher risk of developing the rare side effect.
In response, the United Kingdom has announced it will now offer alternative coronavirus vaccines, such as Pfizer and Moderna, to people under 30.
On Thursday, the Australian Government urged its immunisation advisory group and the national medicine regulator to review the recommendations from the EMA.
The issue will also be discussed among state and federal health ministers and at the National Cabinet meeting on Friday.