National Cabinet to focus on vaccine rollout amid altered health advice on AstraZeneca jab

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The vaccine rollout will be the only topic at today's emergency National Cabinet meeting, called after health experts made changes to AstraZeneca guidelines.

There will be one item on the agenda when Scott Morrison chairs an emergency national cabinet meeting on Monday - the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

The meeting was called last week after Australia's health experts decided the AstraZenaca vaccine should now be given only to people over 60, rather than over 50s as was their previous advice.It followed fresh concerns over extremely rare clotting events following the vaccination, which has caused two deaths among the 3.8 million doses that have been delivered.Chief Nursing Officer Alison McMillan told reporters in Canberra on Sunday a vaccine update would be delivered after the meeting.

"We do not have the supply of second doses from the Commonwealth to match the demand for first doses," he told reporters in Melbourne.Western Australia Health Minister Roger Cook is equally frustrated by supply limitations.

 

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Health experts who only talks about vaccines not treatment drugs are not experts for public but for pharmaceutical companies.

This needs to be on the agenda also.!!

ketaminh … and in the context of significant supply issues. Let’s not let that reality slip from the record.

To the the premier’s that had AstraZeneca should get to speak a lot. To those premier’s 🙌 for putting faith in it. Look at Canada and stop bullshitting everyone. Think of the 61 yr old why would you get vaccinated now.

Dopey needs to order better vaccines

SBS. I hope that when the side effects of vaccines start and people start dying, your conscience burns you up

Australia need’s leadership not more of the incompetent Morrison Government auspol

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