A man has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening blood costs weeks after receiving the controversial AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
The 53-year-old received the jab on May 4 and was taken to Flinders Medical Centre in a serious condition on Wednesday night with thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS).
Chief Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier confirmed the state s first case of thrombosis in a press conference on Thursday afternoon, reiterating clots can occur from four days to 28 days after the vaccine .
There is also a second probable case in an 87-year-old woman also from South Australia.
The elderly woman received her vaccine on April 28 and admitted to hospital last week with similar symptoms.
Queensland will not set up a mass vaccination hub to administer the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to over 50s, the state government has announced.
Instead the state will wait until more Pfizer doses are delivered towards the end of the year before considering hubs similar to those in New South Wales and Victoria.
AstraZeneca doses are still being administered in Queensland via GPs to people over 50.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said planning was under way for a mass hub towards the end of the year. Queensland is a big state, it is so decentralised, that so much planning is happening at the moment for that final quarter of the year, when we have more supply in Pfizer, Moderna it is going to ramp up, she said.
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We want to make sure this vaccination program is very, very effective.
SA s Chief Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier has said it is unlikely the state will relax any capacity restrictions until there s a reasonable level of vaccination.
The hospitality sector has pleaded with authorities to reconsider, with the federal government s JobKeeper payments now not far from ending on March 28.
Rik Carr had to close his restaurant in Brompton in north Adelaide due in part to the pandemic s customer limits.
SA s rollout is the second-slowest in the country.(9News)
READ MORE: Running from a capacity of 50 or 60 people, now down to 30 people, we just couldn t survive, he said.
South Australians will be able to travel anywhere in Australia from Christmas Day, with all states and territories lifting restrictions brought on by the recent Parafield cluster.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan was the first to close borders to SA when the state was plunged back into lockdown five weeks ago, but as of 12.01am on Friday, the western state will join others in welcoming the state back.
The news has left many South Australians elated they can see family in WA.
Abby Ong says she is stoked to see her family in Perth after 10 months in South Australia.(9News)