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Norway won’t give children second COVID-19 vaccine jabs yet

Norway will hold off giving children aged 12-15 a second dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 until it has gathered more research.

National vaccine rate set to hit 80 per cent

Australia is poised to reach the target of 80 per cent of the national population over 16 being fully vaccinated later on Friday.

Man in 40s dies with COVID in ACT, six new cases

A man in his 40s died with COVID-19 yesterday in the Intensive Care Unit at Canberra Hospital, bringing the total deaths for the current ACT outbreak to 11.

Victoria records 1247 COVID cases, nine deaths

Victoria has recorded 1247 new locally-acquired COVID-19 infections and another nine deaths.

Vaccine mandate for ACT disability workers

Canberra disability support workers and community aged care staff will be mandated to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Victoria records 1534 COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths

Victoria has recorded another 1534 locally acquired COVID-19 cases and 13 more people have died with the virus.

Unvaccinated stars may still be at Australian Open

Unvaccinated players will seemingly be allowed to compete at next year's Australian Open after all.

ACT nation’s most vaccinated jurisdiction

The ACT is now Australia's most vaccinated jurisdiction with more than 87 per cent of all Canberrans aged 12 or over double jabbed.

ACT records 28 new cases, 21 cases hospitalised

The ACT has recorded 28 locally acquired coronavirus cases, as the Territory reports 83.1 per cent of the population aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.

Holidays booked, NSW aims for 95% vaxxed

Residents in NSW are booking interstate holidays again as the state's full vaccination rate reaches 81.6 per cent. 

Victoria ends lockdown five days early

Victoria will end its sixth long-running lockdown five days earlier than planned, as the state races to its 70 per cent fully vaccinated target. 

Massive gap in Indigenous vaccine rollout

Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout boss insists the gap is closing between immunisation rates of Indigenous people and the broader population.

Arrests, fines at Melbourne anti-vaccination protests

Three people have been arrested and dozens fined after small numbers of protesters held anti-vaccination protests in Melbourne.

Pop-up bid to boost ACT youth vaccine rate

More pop-up or walk-in clinics could be rolled out in the ACT in a bid to boost coronavirus vaccine rates among young people.

Finland pauses Moderna jabs for young men

Finland will pause the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for men born in 1991 and later due to reports of a cardiovascular side effect, the institute for health and welfare says.

Vaccine mandate for ACT frontline healthcare workers

The ACT Government is working on a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers in the Territory across certain settings.

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