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The Federal Government says it clearly and unequivocally supports the ongoing rollout of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine despite backbencher, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan, calling for the program to be halted.
A number of European countries have suspended their rollout as they await a review by the European Medicines Agency after Denmark and Norway reported isolated cases of blood clotting.
But the drug s manufacturer, Australian health authorities say the vaccine is safe.
Guest: Associate Professor Nigel Crawford, Director of the research group Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community, Murdoch Children s Research Institute
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Twenty-six Victorian primary schools will employ a mental health and wellbeing co-ordinator to provide training and be a link between classrooms, families and external support as part of a program that was co-designed by the Murdoch Childrenâs Research Institute.
The plan is being trialled in state schools, with additional funding from the Ian Potter Foundation to respond to a need exposed by the coronavirus pandemic for more sustainable, everyday ways for schools to help their students.
Professor Frank Oberklaid, of the Murdoch Childrenâs Research Institute, said the importance of addressing childrenâs mental health had long been overlooked before the effects of the pandemic, including lockdown and remote learning, made the problem highly visible.