NSW Health’s Mareeka Hair, manager of the COVID 19 Vaccination program with Health Protection NSW joins Anne to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine.

DISCLAIMER - As of last week the UQ vaccine has ceased trials due to a number of false positive HIV tests. Subsequently Australia has increased our vaccines purchase quantities from other providers

Resources:

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has developed preliminary advice on priority population groups:

https://www.health.gov.au/news/preliminary-advice-from-atagi-on-general-principles-for-the-covid-19-vaccination-program

Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Policy: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/australian-covid-19-vaccination-policy