Australia will receive 25 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, marking a surprise boost to the nation s lagging rollout David Adams Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)
American biotechnology firm Moderna says it will supply Australia with 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, with the first batch to be delivered this year.
It is hoped the doses will bolster Australia s vaccine rollout scheme, which has been hamstrung by supply chain issues and shifting health advice.
The announcement is a surprise, but not wholly unexpected, after Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly flagged discussions with the manufacturer last month.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Sydney could see more cases, warns Chief Medical Officer
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Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has paused quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and New South Wales while the source of infection of the two cases announced in Sydney in the last two days is investigated.
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has paused quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and New South Wales while the source of infection of the two cases announced in Sydney in the last two days is investigated.
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New South Wales today recorded no new coronavirus cases on the third day of a local outbreak.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison Announces Royal Commission Into Veteran Suicides
Politics by Natalie Brown and Phoebe Loomes 7th May 2021 2:00 PM The Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a number of states have indicated they ll start taking direct commercial flights from India when the flight ban lifts next week. Flights from India are set to resume from May 15, including three government repatriation flights over the month of May, at no cost to the traveller. Those three flights returning Australians will quarantine at the Howard Springs quarantine facility in Darwin which now has a capacity of 2000 people - up from 850. Mr Morrison also said NSW, Queensland and Victoria had indicated they would be resuming direct commercial flights from India. He said South Australia were also considering it very favourably .
Australia s top doctor warns Sydney may see more cases as a potential new coronavirus infection in Manly raised fears of a bigger outbreak.
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly was asked at a press conference on Friday if he had heard about a potential case on the Northern Beaches, and replied that he didn t have any details. There was no new cases when the AHPPC met just a few minutes ago but they are continuing to do a lot of testing and people are coming forward to be tested which is fantastic, he said.
Australia s Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said he didn t have any details about the two Covid risk locations in the Northern Beaches
NSW, Victoria and Queensland will take India flights as children left stranded
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NSW, Victoria and Queensland will take at least one planeload each of returning citizens as soon as flights restart from India, where 173 Australian children are stuck without their parents.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says repatriation flights will begin again from India from May 15.
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Direct flights into Sydney and chartered repatriation flights to Darwin were halted late last month through an order under the Biosecurity Act, when the number of cases in quarantine rose dramatically with the majority detected in people arriving from India.