PM: Not a race vaccine remarks consistent with medical advice01/06/2021|6min
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he “stands behind” his remarks the vaccine rollout is “not a race” as they are consistent with expert medical advice.
The federal government is facing heavy criticism after Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack defended the government’s slow distribution of the jab over the weekend.
“The reference to not a race was first said by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Professor Brendan Murphy. and I affirm his remarks,” the prime minister said.
“I affirm the remarks of the Secretary of Health because all the way through this pandemic, one of the key factors … is we have always been mindful of the expert advice informing the decisions that we have taken.”
“Vaccination for residents and staff will be made available through residential aged care facilities where they live or work, and it will be administered through an in-reach workforce provider,” Mr Hunt said in the press release.
However, Aspen Medical spokesman Eamonn Quinn said the company had only ever administered doses to aged care workers that were left over once residents had been vaccinated.
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Aspen’s practice was in line with Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination dose policy, which says that any excess doses in aged care homes “should be used to vaccinate eligible individuals who are expected to be at the facility’s second dose vaccination clinic”.
The Australian and international news stories you need to know today, Tuesday May 25. Mamamia 2 hrs ago Gemma Bath Ready ourselves. Hopes genomics can link Vic COVID outbreak.
Victorian health authorities hope genomic sequencing will establish the source of four new COVID-19 cases among a family in Melbourne s north.
The family cluster - involving a man in his 30s, a man in 70s, a woman in 70s and a pre-school aged child from three households in the Whittlesea area - emerged on Monday.
Health Minister Martin Foley said there was no indication the infections were linked to exposure sites visited by a Victorian man who contracted coronavirus in South Australian hotel quarantine.
Byelection humiliation a coal, hard lesson for Labor
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In the wake of Laborâs calamitous showing in the Upper Hunter byelection, youâd think Joel Fitzgibbon would be keeping a low profile (âFresh internal stoush for ALP over pro-coal visionâ, May 24). After all, NSW Labor followed his prescription for success â full-throated support for coal â and it spectacularly backfired. But no, heâs doing the rounds, still urging Labor to âwake up to itselfâ, back fossil fuels and ignore the need for a transition plan. Letâs not forget this is a seat Labor has never won. The eight-point fall in its primary vote appears to have come mainly from the loss of progressive voters, who moved to the independent Kirsty OâConnell, the only candidate advocating a move away from coal. Labor