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Whereas that NSW press convention was going we received the ACT numbers.
The territory recorded 13 new native Covid-19 case, with solely 5 in isolation for his or her whole quarantine interval and eight have frolicked within the commuity.
Within the ACT 13 new instances: 8 family contacts and 5 beneath investigation. 5/13 in isolation entire time, 8 partly in group#auspol #COVID19Aus
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Now, as we all know, from this weekend Queensland has opened up Pfizer vaccines for the over 60 cohorts (regardless of AstraZeneca not being really useful to youthful folks).
The NSW chief well being officer, Dr Kerry Chant, says that NSW will not be contemplating this at the moment.
The vaccination protection and a variety of these cohorts for the primary dose is definitely fairly good. There’s a little bit of room to maneuver. When it comes to first dose. There’s a second dose to push as much as get a 95% universally in these age cohorts.
For the time being, we nonetheless don’t have completely unconstrained Pfizer entry and we’re prioritising teams that haven’t had vaccination for the time being whereas encouraging all outdated age teams to take the accessible vaccines.
