Scott Morrison pleaded with Australians over 70 to book an appointment and get vaccinated against Covid-19.
The prime minister warned elderly Australians they are at greater risk if an outbreak occurs and said he did not want a repeat of Victoria s second wave which killed 801 people last winter.
His comments came as a Queensland police officer was treated in a Brisbane hospital with blood clots three days after getting the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
The 40-year-old officer had recently had knee surgery and suffered deep vein thrombosis as a side-effect.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison (left) and President of the Business Council Tim Reed arrive at the Business Council of Australia (BCA) dinner at the Fullerton Hotel, in Sydney on Monday
Genene Norris, 48, from the New South Wales Central Coast died on April 14
The TGA s Vaccine Safety Group met on Friday and confirmed the causal link
Authorities will now continuously review vaccines rolled out in Australia
The 48-year-old woman received the AstraZeneca vaccine on April 8
This was before health officials said the Pfizer option is best for under 50s
Teenagers as young as 15 were given the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after their ages were not verified by qualified medical staff.
Despite having no Covid-19 vaccines even being approved for children in Australia, the jab were given to 13 children aged between 15 and 17.
Another five adults were given the wrong amount of either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine, the Therapeutic Goods Administration said.
A series of teenagers as young as 15 have been given the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Australia - after their ages were not verified by qualified medical staff
The TGA blamed the concerning dosing errors to not confirming patient age prior to vaccination , according to the Daily Telegraph.
The family of Central Coast woman Genene Norris, who died days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, describes its "profound loss". It comes as the TGA chief says investigations will reveal more details about the "atypical" case.
New South Wales Health is investigating possible COVID-19 transmission within a quarantine hotel
Seven returned travelers from overseas have tested positive with the same viral sequence, suggesting possible transmission of coronavirus within the hotel.
The cases are from two different family groups and arrived from different countries on different days but stayed in adjacent rooms on the 12th floor of the Adina Apartments Hotel in Sydney s CBD.
The health department said it is investigating further and staff who worked on the same floor during the infectious period, believed to be between the 8th and 11th of April, are self-isolating.
Security staff who worked on the 12th floor during that period have had at least one vaccination.