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Nearly 76,600 shots of AstraZeneca have gone to those under the age of 40 in the last month, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The Prime Minister points out ATAGI’s earlier advice was based on balancing the risk of COVID infection and the risks posed by rare AstraZeneca side effects. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it was a decision for state governments whether they offered the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to under-60s in their mass vaccination clinics.“I want to get AstraZeneca vaccines into people’s arms to protect them and their communities,” Mr Morrison said.
Pharmacies should be able to deliver AstraZeneca from mid-August and the Moderna vaccine when it arrives.“Bringing in the pharmacists earlier than we planned ... means that we can get more horsepower behind the AstraZeneca vaccines, but particularly, as I think you probably have picked up, I am concerned about ensuring that we get those over 70 in particular, getting vaccinated,” Mr Morrison said.
“The [COVID-19] numbers that we’re seeing coming out of NSW show that the lockdown is keeping a lid on this. It’s going to be some time though, clearly, from what the Premier has been saying, and the numbers that we’re seeing, to see these numbers go down to where we’d like to see them go.”Moving onto COVID-19, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it’s been another record day for vaccinations with 184,000 jabs going into arms over the past 24 hours.
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