The Australian medical regulator has provisionally approved an Omicron specific vaccine for third and fourth doses.
The vaccine, produced by Moderna, is the first variant specific dose to receive approval from the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
The federal government has ordered supplies of the vaccine in preparation for full approval from the TGA, which are expected to arrive in the coming weeks.
The TGA provisional approval is for use as a booster dose in adults aged 18 years and above, with Australia now the third country to approve it for use.
More Priority Primary Care Services
The Victorian government has announced an expansion of urgent care services across the state.
The expansion is in partnership with New South Wales, with both states set to establish a further twenty-five services each.
The services will work with GPs and provide urgent care for those not in a critical condition, easing pressure on struggling hospitals and emergency departments.
The service providers will be equipped to handle a number of conditions, including fractures, mild infection and burns.
The services will run extended operating hours and be free of charge, even for those without a Medicare card.
CSIRO report identifies better ways to prepare for next pandemic
A new report from Australia’s scientific research agency, has put forward recommendations on how to be better prepared for future pandemics.
The report from the CSIRO, made twenty recommendations on how Australia could be better prepared for the next potential pandemic.
Twenty recommendations were made across six topics, including vaccine preparedness, genomic analysis of variants, data sharing for forming strategies and clinical care and diagnosis.
The report also credited quarantine and travel restrictions for helping to keep case numbers low at the beginning of the pandemic.
Health message
Across Victoria, over 69 percent of people aged 12 years and older are now up to date with three COVID-19 vaccinations, while almost 95 percent have received two doses.
In addition, almost 57 percent of children aged five to 11 years in the state have now received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.
Victoria has recorded 2,857 cases with 26 lives lost as of 31 August.
All Australians over the age of 30 are now eligible for a fourth dose of a COVID vaccine.
People over the age of 16 years, who are severely immunocompromised, disabled or at risk of severe COVID symptoms are also eligible for this fourth shot.
To receive it, there must have been at least three months elapsed since having the third dose.
In Victoria the fourth dose is available from most GPs and pharmacies.
To book, use the online booking system or call the Victorian Coronavirus Hotline on 1800 675 398.
(News compiled by NEMBC Multilingual News Service, Victoria)
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