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Drug regulator has approved Pfizer for 12 to 15-year-olds, Health Minister says
By Broede Carmody
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has just confirmed that the Therapeutic Goods Administration approved the Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds overnight.
Mr Hunt told Seven’s Sunrise that the next step is for the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation to give its approval.
Health Minister Greg Hunt.Credit:Scott McNaughton
“If ATAGI gives the second green light... immunocompromised and kids with underlying medical conditions [will be] immediately added to the phase 1B [of the rollout and] able to access Pfizer,” the Health Minister said.
“The US is doing this for 12 to 15-year-olds and they are providing the world with very, very important safety data.”
Mr Hunt confirmed that September, early-October is the expected timeline for under-40s to receive their first Pfizer jab.
“That is the expectation at the moment. If there were to be a variation, we can bring it forward.”
How the virus is spreading in south-west Sydney
By Daniella White
Sydney’s Delta variant outbreak initially was centred in the city’s eastern suburbs after first being spread in Bondi.
But south-west Sydney has since established itself as the epicentre of the outbreak, with the Fairfield local government area recording 648 cases as of July 21, far more than any other locality.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Thursday said fears the virus was “spilling over” into neighbouring LGAs had been realised, with more and more cases recorded in the Cumberland and Canterbury-Bankstown areas. Blacktown, Liverpool and Georges River also recorded an increased number of cases.
This map shows how the outbreak – which began on June 16 – grew quickly in the south west after the virus spread from the eastern suburbs.
PM’s vaccine apology ‘wasn’t sincere’, Wayne Swan says
By Broede Carmody
Wayne Swan may no longer be in Parliament, but that hasn’t stopped the former federal treasurer from firing a broadside at the Morrison government on breakfast television earlier this morning.
Mr Swan was appearing on Nine’s Today show to talk about the Prime Minister’s apology over the vaccine rollout. Here’s what he had to say:
“Essentially, the performance yesterday was just dreadful. People said that he issued an apology. He
didn’t. It was a half apology that was forced. It wasn’t sincere, and it didn’t go to the core of the problem.
“If he was going to go out and say, ‘Let’s wipe the slate clean, let’s look at what’s gone wrong here,’ which is the decisions they [the Government] have taken not to purchase the correct volumes and types of vaccines, then people might take him seriously.
“But every day he goes out, he’s getting a gold medal for blame shifting.”
NSW authorities on high alert after COVID-19 fragments detected in Byron
By Broede Carmody
There are concerns coronavirus could be circulating unchecked in northern NSW.
Last night, state health authorities revealed COVID-19 fragments had been detected in sewage from the Byron Bay area.
The sewage plant where the fragments were detected services around 19,000 people in Byron Bay and the surrounding Wategos, Suffolk Park, Sunrise and Broken Head regions.
“There are no known cases in this area, which is of great concern,” NSW Health said in a statement.
Health authorities are urging anyone living in the area to be “especially vigilant” for COVID-19 symptoms and, if they arise, immediately come forward for testing and isolate until a negative result is received.
“If symptoms appear again, please be tested and isolated again.”
While Queensland’s border with all of NSW is now in effect, it’s worth noting that Byron Bay is part of the border bubble (meaning residents can travel to Queensland for work, healthcare, etc.).
Australia v West Indies match suspended due to positive COVID-19 case
The second one-day international cricket match between Australia and the West Indies has been suspended in Barbados due to a positive COVID-19 case.
Confirmation came shortly after the toss, with both teams immediately making their way back to their respective change rooms.
Australia’s match against the West Indies has been suspended due to a positive COVID-19 test.Credit:AP
“The positive case is not believed to be an Australian,” Cricket Australia said in a statement, adding that the third ODI on Saturday is now in “considerable doubt”.
Read the full story here.
with Reuters
Bunnings, 7/11 among Victoria’s latest exposure sites
By Broede Carmody
Victorian health authorities listed two new exposure sites after 8pm last night.
Both are tier-2 sites in Melbourne’s south-east. Anyone anyone who visisted the following places at the relevant times must immediately get a coronavirus test and isolate until receiving a negative result:
- The Bunnings Warehouse in Carrum Downs on Sunday, July 18 between 9.45am and 10.25am; and
- The 7/11 on Waverley Road in Chadstone on Saturday, July 17 between 7.50am and 8.25am.
For a full list of exposure sites, visit the Victorian Department of Health website.
This morning’s headlines at a glance
By Broede Carmody
Good morning and thanks for your company. It’s Friday, July 23. I’m Broede Carmody.
Here’s everything you need to know before we jump into today’s live coverage:
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