Vaccine production hassles mean CSL is still falling well short of producing the promised one million doses a week of AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine. Just 707,000 doses of the vaccine were due to be delivered to the nation s medicines watchdog for safety checks this week - 30 per cent less than the government was hoping for. Health Department chief Professor Brendan Murphy forecast earlier this year the company would be supplying a million doses a week of the vaccine from the end of March. If things had gone to plan we should have seen over 4.7 million doses delivered by now when the 700,000 doses that arrived from overseas are added.
Threatening a five-year jail term or hefty fine, the Australian government temporarily barred its citizens from entering the country if they happened to be in India within 14 days of their intended arrival. The decision was announced after a meeting of the National Cabinet on Friday and will come into force from Monday. The move aims at keeping the coronavirus spread in check in Australia as India is facing a surge in infections cases. The decision was based on the proportion of overseas travellers in quarantine in Australia, who have contracted the infection in India, according to Health Minister Greg Hunt.
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Australian government temporarily barred its citizens from entering the country if they happened to be in India within 14 days
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Melbourne: Threatening a five-year jail term or hefty fine, the Australian government temporarily barred its citizens from entering the country if they happened to be in India within 14 days of their intended arrival.
The decision was announced after a meeting of the National Cabinet on Friday and will come into force from Monday.
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The move aims at keeping the coronavirus spread in check in Australia as India is facing a surge in infections cases.
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Threatening a five-year jail term or hefty fine, the Australian government temporarily barred its citizens from entering the country if they happened to be in India within 14 days of their intended arrival.
The decision was announced after a meeting of the National Cabinet on Friday and will come into force from Monday.
The move aims at keeping the coronavirus spread in check in Australia as India is facing a surge in infections cases.
The decision was based on the proportion of overseas travellers in quarantine in Australia, who have contracted the infection in India, according to Health Minister Greg hunt.
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May 01, 2021 11:17 IST
The decision will be revised on May 15 following advice from the chief medical officer (CMO).
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The decision will be revised on May 15 following advice from the chief medical officer (CMO). Threatening a five-year jail term or hefty fine, the Australian government temporarily barred its citizens from entering the country if they happened to be in India within 14 days of their intended arrival. The decision was announced after a meeting of the National Cabinet on Friday and will come into force from Monday.