Reluctant Swedes paid $30 to get jab
Swedish volunteers will be paid to be immunised in Europe’s largest test of whether small cash incentives improve jab uptake.
Vaccinations
Berejiklian’s lockdown will drag us all down
Before our eyes we have a real-time case study of whether we can go back to a normal pre-2020 life with the virus and the vaccine.
Shock death tolls spurred faster vax rollouts
Nations like Australia, which have kept deaths low, have struggled to replicate the speed of the vaccine rollout in countries where the death rate was higher.
Jabs for kids but ‘at-risk’ remains priority
Teenagers will be allowed to join the nation’s vaccine rollout in a move that has been panned by some infectious disease experts who say the focus should remain on inoculating older Australians.
Pfizer fizzer: states reject Gladys plea
Scott Morrison and the national cabinet reject a desperate appeal from Gladys Berejiklian for more Pfizer vaccines for Sydney’s Covid-19 hot spots.
‘You’re 1400 times more likely to die in a car crash’
Readers have their say on vaccine vexation, important conversations, and our level of immigration.
Polio vaccines had side effects too
Using your Covid check-in app more will help the tracers get on top of Delta.
Why the Sydney outbreak changes the AZ equation
NSW is awash in AstraZeneca, more than 400 litres of an elixir that is saving lives and leading to the reopening of economies around the world.
Young flocking to take up AZ
People aged under 40 are rushing to doctors to discuss and receive the jab.
Pharmacists left out of vaccine rollout
Pharmacists in Sydney’s multicultural southwest who missed out on taking part in the vaccine rollout are calling on the government to allow them to join.
All eyes on UK as BoJo rolls the vaccination dice
Pencils are poised, fingers are twitching, and minds are turning to the most eagerly awaited data set we have seen in a lifetime.
GP fear as Covid-19 vaccine booking glitch creates angry mob
Billie Whiteson had never felt as terrified as she did when, because of a glitch in an online booking system, a mob descended on her surgery and demanded to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Parochial politics over Covid is damaging our federation
Australians are begging the Prime Minister to stand above the premiers and take charge, not simply follow.
$10bn hit as lockdowns drag on economy
The blow to the economy from Covid lockdowns across Australia’s two largest cities is forecast to escalate to $10bn.
Morrison will pay the price for failure on quarantine
Were it not for the leaky hotel quarantine system, there would have been no lockdowns or Covid deaths here.
Stop your whingeing; we have it easy on Covid compared with poor countries
Take a deep breath and be thankful of our position as perhaps the luckiest country.
Policymakers must focus on rapid vaccine rollout
The arrival of the Delta strain of Covid-19 in the Sydney community may mark a turning point in Australia’s pandemic strategy.
Has the Covid-19 worm turned in Australian politics?
Are the expectations of voters changing from government as a security blanket to a more critical analysis of its handling of the pandemic, vaccine rollout and quarantine?
Looming economic dangers with inflation on the rise
We are living in a fool’s paradise ignoring the perils of a dysfunctional economy in these difficult times
Hotspot ‘young’ urged to get AZ jab
People under 60 in outbreak zones should consider the AstraZeneca vaccine, top immunisation advisers have urged.
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