Victoria has recorded two deaths and 1069 new coronavirus cases on Sunday as demonstrators prepare to fill Melbourne’s CBD to protest COVID-19 vaccines. rpjward reports.
questions remain over who is profiting from the ongoing protestsMore than 300 people are in hospital suffering from coronavirus, with 74 active cases in intensive care units and 37 people on ventilators.
As Victoria’s daily coronavirus cases again surpassed the 1000 mark on Sunday, health authorities were investigating another seven suspected cases of the Omicron variant - what could be the state’s first cases of community transmission of the Omicron strain.On Saturday, contact tracers were tracking the steps of a person who tested positive for the new strain after being in the community while infectious.
Around 1.75 million more people will be able to access a booster from either Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccine shot.Health Minister Greg Hunt said the decision was backed up by research and would help reduce the most serious effects of COVID-19. “Data from Israel shows boosters supporting reductions in the rate of infection in eligible age groups, severe disease in those aged over 40 years and deaths in those over 60 years.”Melbourne’s Austin Health has set up a dedicated low stimulus clinic at its new Flanders Wing Vaccination Clinic which is designed to help people with autism, ADHD and severe anxiety or phobias get vaccinated.