Covid: Australia's Flying Doctors take vaccines to vast remote areas
The famed service is helping solve the immense challenge of vaccinating remote Australia.
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The famed service is helping solve the immense challenge of vaccinating remote Australia.
So if their doctor that they know and trust says to them, "i think it's in your best interest to have this vaccine," they'll go, "ok, if you think i should have it, i'll have it." some employers in rural australia, especially the mining sector, are now making vaccinations compulsory. workers must decide job orjab. at the ravenswood gold mine, it remains voluntary for now. hoping that the fly—in clinic will make the process so easy that it's hard to say "no". simon atkinson, bbc news, north queensland. in the wake ofjames bond's return to the big screen the hollywood sci—fi epicjoins 007 in...
Know and trust says to them, "i think it's in your best interest to have this vaccine," they'll go, "ok, if you think i should have it, i'll have it." some employers in rural australia, especially the mining sector, are now making vaccinations compulsory. workers must decide job orjab. at the ravenswood gold mine, it remains voluntary for now. hoping that the fly—in clinic will make the process so easy that it's hard to say "no". simon atkinson, bbc news, north queensland. rescue teams are scrambling to find survivors after severe flooding killed at least 26 people, five of them were childre...
Remote and regional areas, it is a different story. and in a land so fast getting needles in arms can be logistically tricky. now one of the country but the coldest institutions is helping to get those numbers up. the bbc�*s simon atkinson reports from north queensland. 50, 40, 30, ten... you don't get many visitors at the ravenswood airstrip. but for years, the royal flying doctors service has brought medical care here. and now, there's an extra bit of cargo on board. ravenswood has two pubs, but the nearest doctor is 100 km away. so this is how locals are getting vaccinated against covidâ€...
And workers must decide job or word—1—macro. at this gold mine it remains voluntary for now. hoping that the fly in clinic will make the process so easy but it is hard to say no. simon atkinson, bbc news, north queensland. some breaking news. an allerdale councillor has been sent to prison for 18 weeks after threatening a cumbrian mp. 37—year—old peter little, from grasmere terrace in maryport, appeared at workington magistrates court today after pleading guilty, at an earlier hearing, to sending an offensive message. an email he�*d sent to allerdale�*s chief executive had included...