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Victoria has rejected an offer for additional contract tracing help because they don’t believe they need it, the country’s top health officer says.

New figures show almost a quarter of all available doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are not being used. The federal health department on Monday released data comparing the availability of vaccine doses and the number of jabs delivered. Nationally, dose utilisation as of week 12 of the vaccine rollout was 77 per cent. The Northern Territory had the worst lag of all the jurisdictions, with 47,652 doses available and 22,953 administered, giving it a utilisation rate of just 58 per cent. New figures show almost a quarter of all available doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are not being used (stock pict...

Department of Health There have been 2,663,221 vaccinations completed as increasing supplies of vaccine are delivered to more than 5200 sites across the country. As of today, 4,620,108 doses of vaccine have been delivered to those sites by the Australian Government, with 4,086,946 doses available for use. The Vaccine Operations Centre (VOC) continues to play a lead role in the vaccination rollout. It is working in close partnership with the states, territories and the primary care sector to safely, securely and efficiently store, transport, deliver and administer COVID-19 vaccines across Aust...

Health by MADURA MCCORMACK Premium Content Subscriber only Queensland's coronavirus jab drive is failing to keep pace with Victoria and New South Wales as new mass vaccination hubs in those states trigger a rapid ramp-up of the rollout. The Sunshine State is in danger of being left behind as analysis of vaccination data shows Victoria's new jab hubs, which opened last Monday, allowed the state to increase the number of daily jabs by 4000, with its week-on-week jab average jumping 35.6 per cent. It was in stark contrast to Queensland's modest 11.8 per cent...

Liberal Party of Australia The National Cabinet met today to discuss Australia’s COVID-19 response and changes to the Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy. National Cabinet continues to work together to address issues and find solutions for the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. There have been 29,801 confirmed cases in Australia and, sadly, 910 people have died. More than 16.8 million tests have been undertaken in Australia. Globally there have been over 150 million cases and sadly over 3.1 million deaths, with around 882,000 new cases and more than 14,000 deaths reported in the...