An analysis by The Age, based on the current trajectory of vaccine uptake, indicates Victoria could meet the target around September 18, sooner than the government initially anticipated. covid19 vaccine
Victorians could be rewarded with extra freedoms in less than a fortnight when the state is expected to hit its first vaccination milestone sooner than the government initially anticipated.
The Premier also confirmed Victoria would receive 1 million Pfizer doses from the extra 4 million vaccinations the Commonwealth secured under a deal with Britain last week., indicates Victoria could meet the target about September 18. “If you have the breaks in protocols, COVID will get in and spread rapidly across your workforce and across your site. We have issued enforcement notices to those not complying. But a big callout to those, for all the work you are doing to keep your places as safe as possible now we are dealing with the Delta variant.”
Of those, 89 are in hospital, with 24 in intensive care and 13 on a ventilator. One of the people in intensive care is a man aged in his 20s.Other restrictions to be eased once the state hits its single-dose vaccination target include expanding the travel bubble from five kilometres to 10 kilometres, lifting the outdoor exercise time limit from two hours to three, and allowing people to have personal training sessions with one other person.
Professor Nancy Baxter, clinical epidemiologist and head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, predicted any easing of restrictions would be contingent on case numbers continuing to stabilise. She said it was essential for lockdown-weary Melburnians to be allowed to enjoy some outdoor freedoms that were still relatively safe.Credit:“It’s about keeping people on the most essential bits of lockdown and not worrying about the peripheral constraints,” Professor Bennett said.
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