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The Queensland government will restart the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the Torres Strait Islands next month amid concerns about the AstraZeneca jab.
The Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service put the brakes on the region s rollout last week following medical advice recommending AstraZeneca be avoided for people under 50 due to the risk of extremely rare but serious blood clots.
There has been concern over the pause in the border islands, some of which are visible from Papua New Guinea which surpassed 10,000 virus cases earlier this week.
TCHHS chief executive Beverley Hamerton said the vaccine drive will restart when a special fridge to store the Pfizer dose arrives in the region.
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