Australian health minister Greg Hunt is expected to make a full recovery after being admitted to hospital with a suspected infection two days after taking a COVID-19 vaccine, his office said on Tuesday.
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Health Minister Greg Hunt was admitted to hospital on Tuesday with “a suspected infection”.
In a statement on Tuesday evening his office said “he is being kept overnight for observation and is being administered antibiotics and fluid.” It said Hunt “is expected to make a full recovery.”
The condition of Hunt – who together with former prime minister Julia Gillard received the AstraZeneca vaccine at the weekend – “is not considered to be related to the vaccine,” the statement said.
But his hospitalisation is unhelpful when political figures are seeking to promote confidence by getting their shots early.
The announcement about Hunt came hours after Victorian Premier Danial Andrews was admitted to intensive care following a fall on slippery stairs, which resulted in several broken ribs and vertebrae damage.
Rest of World News: The previous day, Hunt said on Twitter that he had been inoculated at the weekend with AstraZeneca Plc's Covid-19 vaccine, one of two being distribute