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The latest news as the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out across Australia

NSW virus threat renewed as Premier stalls on national plan to reopen

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NSW virus threat renewed as Premier stalls on national plan to reopen

Queensland could still pull out of the plan to open up the country once vaccination targets are hit, with the Premier refusing to confirm whether Queenslanders can look forward to an interstate holiday this Christmas until she sees new modelling.

Qld’s least vaccinated aged care facilities revealed

Qld’s least vaccinated aged care facilities revealed

Some Queensland nursing homes face losing up to 90 per cent of its staff in just a few weeks as figures reveal the centres with the lowest vaccinations rates. LIST OF AGED CARE CENTRES AND EVERY QLD SUBURB

Qld vaccine booking site crashes after overwhelming demand

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Qld vaccine booking site crashes after overwhelming demand

The state’s vaccination booking website has crashed after a surge of new invitations were sent out to those trying to get a Pfizer jab.

Deputy Premier Steven Miles announcing mandatory COVID tracing QR Code on Cabs and Ride Sharing vehicles, Parliament House, Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

Freedom unlikely as NSW outbreak sends Qld rogue on vax deal

Deputy Premier Steven Miles has suggested a deal to ease border restrictions and lockdowns may change because it was endorsed before the NSW outbreak.

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A Palestinian healthcare worker displays a vial of COVID-19 vaccine, at the start of the inoculation campaign, at a hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 21, 2021. - Thousands of Palestinian health workers, the elderly, and patients with cancer or kidney disease were set to get Covid-19 vaccines as the health ministry ramped up its inoculation campaign. The rollout came days after some 60,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca doses arrived in the Israeli-occupied West Bank via the Covax scheme of the World Health Organisation. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Two in ICU as COVID-19 shots start at GPs

About 250 Queensland general practice clinics will start administering COVID-19 shots from Monday. It comes as two people with COVID-19 are in intensive care as four new cases were recorded overnight. FULL LIST OF CLINICS

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Alison Clancy a nurse injects the dr with the vaccine .Associate Professor Paul Griffin, an infectious disease expert, is getting his AstraZeneca vaccine at the Mater Hospital today. Pic Annette Dew

Qld expert backs AstraZeneca vaccine despite clot concerns

Mater Health Services director of infectious diseases Paul Griffin has dismissed the controversy over the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by rolling his own sleeve up to receive it.

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Hon Yvette D'Ath talks to the media. Premier of Queensland, Annastacia Palaszczuk holds a press conference in Oxley to update Covid-19.Sunday March 14, 2021. Picture, John Gass

Health Minister accused of ‘making stuff up on the run’

The State Government must get its house in order over health messaging to ensure confidence in the vaccine rollout is not undermined, the Opposition has claimed.

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There are fears about the PNG COVID-crisis right on Queensland's doorstep.

Premier backs jab warning as Qld caseload jumps to 48

The Premier has backed her Health Minister for issuing warnings regarding allergic reactions to the AstraZeneca jab, as eight new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in hotel quarantine overnight. Six of those have been linked to PNG.

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Qld Govt sparks mass confusion over wrong vaccine advice

The Queensland Government has been forced to backflip after giving conflicting safety advice about the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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Yvette D'Ath and Brendan Murphy

Bad reactions: Feds contradict Qld caution on COVID jabs

Australia’s top medical and drug officials have told Queenslanders prone to allergic reactions to go ahead with a COVID-19 jab. It comes just hours after state health authorities advised otherwise, saying there had been four bad reactions in the state in 24 hours.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 15, 2021 a nurse holds a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease at an infectious diseases hospital in Tbilisi. - Lithuania on March 16, 2021 followed more than a dozen other countries in suspending AstraZeneca vaccinations pending checks by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Health Minister Arunas Dulkys said the vaccine will not be used as a precaution

What to do if you’re at risk of allergic reaction

Four alarming reactions to the coronavirus vaccine in the past 48 hours have led health authorities to adjust the jab rollout. Here’s what you need to know.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 17: A nurse administers the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at the Austin Hospital on March 17, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. An online system has opened for phase 1B of the Australian COVID-19 vaccination program which includes people over aged 70, frontline workers, and individuals with certain medical conditions. Over 1000 general practitioners are participating in the vaccination program. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

COVID warning: Urgency needed after ‘serious errors’

Australia risks stumbling at the final hurdle of its world-leading COVID-19 response unless it improves its “shaky” vaccination rollout, an expert has warned.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 11, 2021 This picture shows vials of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and a syringe in Paris on March 11, 2021. - President Emmanuel Macron said on March 15, 2021, that France was suspending use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, pending a review of its safety by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Where to get COVID jab in QLD and why you may have to wait

Six million Aussies from today will be able to make a GP appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine. See if your area is on the list.

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The first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the coronavirus has been administered for the first time in regional Queensland at the Cairns Hospital. Fever Clinic Nurse Christie King receives the vaccination from clinical nurse Camilla Clem. Picture: Brendan Radke

Federal Govt’s aged care vaccine rollout falling behind

The Federal Government has only vaccinated a “small proportion” of Queensland’s aged care workforce despite the rollout beginning more than three weeks ago.

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