News by Shoba Rao, Anton Nilsson, Anthony Piovesan and Amanda Sheppeard 28th Dec 2020 12:36 PM
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Subscriber only Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. has confirmed Australia s vaccine program is on track and ahead of schedule . He said the government, which expects to rollout the vaccine from March, would rather over promise and under deliver than put false hope on a vaccine being available sooner. I want to reflect on vaccines, he said. We ve had some very important news. We see the AstraZeneca vaccine is making progress both in the UK, in the US, and in Europe. I ve been briefed this morning by the global head of AstraZeneca and the Australian head of AstraZeneca. Our vaccine program is on track and ahead of schedule.
News by Shoba Rao, Katy Hall, Zoe Smith, David Aidone 21st Dec 2020 5:06 AM
Premium Content Qantas and Jetstar will be cancelling a large number of flights on Monday after many travellers cancelled trips due to border closures over Sydney s COVID-19 cluster on the Northern Beaches. In a statement from Qantas online, it states it saw a surge in bookings for flights between Sydney and Melbourne on Sunday. Other routes including Sydney-Brisbane and Sydney-Adelaide are also nearly at full capacity, it stated. Both airlines have seen large numbers of customers cancelling their bookings between Sydney and Melbourne and a number of other routes from Monday onwards.