Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says more than half of the close contacts linked to a COVID-infected Brisbane doctor have returned a negative result as the lockdown in aged care centres and hospitals is extended for another 72 hours.
Lockdowns at Brisbane hospitals and other health services have been extended as health authorities reveal vaccine supplies almost ran out on the Gold Coast.
Premium Content Against the advice of health experts and the government, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has called for Australia to suspend the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The backbencher has claimed it is time to follow some European countries, who have temporarily paused use of the AstraZeneca jab pending an investigation into a small number of blood clot cases among people vaccinated. Germany, Italy and France have all announced they would be pausing their rollout of the vaccine pending an assessment from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). We should heed these concerns that European countries have a longer experience with the rollout of this (vaccine), he said.
Lockdowns at Brisbane hospitals and other health services have been extended as health authorities reveal vaccine supplies almost ran out on the Gold Coast.
“It’s been extremely gruelling,” his mother Rachael Hepner said.
The Mt Archer family spent nine months living in Brisbane alongside Mr Hepner as he underwent a heavy course of chemotherapy.
“That was pretty massive,” Mrs Hepner said.
Mr Hepner was then told the cancer had returned with nodules found on his lungs.
He underwent more surgery before doctors discovered late last year the cancer had spread to both his thigh bones.
“He did do two rounds of chemo, lost his hair again and was quite unwell,” Mrs Hepner said.
“In November, he completed two weeks of radiation and then this year recently we found out that it (cancer) has presented itself again.”