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Health Minister Greg Hunt today confirmed there were no locally transmitted cases in Australia.
Mr Hunt said Australia s low numbers were extraordinary compared to other countries.
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Greg Hunt has announced phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is about to begin.(Nine) To have zero cases after much focus on this over the weekend, in a world of 800,000 cases a day, draws the comparison between a world in pandemic and an Australia in control, he said. That s an extraordinary national achievement.
Operations Co-ordinator from the Vaccine Operations Centre Commodore Eric Young said authorities were working to ensure people knew when and how they could receive a coronavirus jab.
The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (file image).
Photo: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/AFP
Last week the TGA confirmed the fatal blood clotting suffered by a 48-year-old Australian woman was likely linked to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
She was the third Australian to have developed clots after the vaccine. There have now been six cases of blood clots, or thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia, from 1.1 million doses.
The three new cases are a 35-year-old woman from New South Wales, a 49-year-old Queensland man and an 80-year-old Victorian man, who is the first case over 50 years of age.
RNZ The AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (file image). Photo: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/AFP
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has confirmed three new instances of blood clots in Australia linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine, including the first case in someone over the age of 50.
Last week the TGA confirmed the fatal blood clotting suffered by a 48-year-old Australian woman was likely linked to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
She was the third Australian to have developed clots after the vaccine. There have now been six cases of blood clots, or thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia, from 1.1 million doses.
Three new blood clot cases in people given AstraZeneca vaccine invesitgated rnz.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rnz.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.