Qantas, Jetstar to 'soon' dump mask requirement on some international flights

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Qantas, Jetstar to 'soon' dump mask requirement on some international flights
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Face masks will soon no longer be required on some international Qantas and Jetstar flights, with the airlines set to update their policies to align with rules at overseas destinations:

/Face masks will soon no longer be required on some international Qantas and Jetstar flights, with the airlines set to update their policies to align with rules at overseas destinations.

In a statement, the federal government said the committee didn't consider the mandate for terminals "proportionate" following relaxed mask-wearing rules in all states and territories. In a statement released on Tuesday, Novavax announced the Therapeutic Goods Administration had granted provisional registration for the vaccine as a third jab."As COVID-19 continues to persist and evolve, we are pleased to be able to offer the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine registered for use as both a primary series and now booster regardless of previous vaccine history," Novavax chief executive Stanley Erck said.

The company in May filed for registration of their vaccine to be administered to teenagers aged between 12 and 17.It comes as experts from the Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Sydney call for a national health protection strategy.

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