Australian government experts mull over COVID vaccine in pregnancy
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Some health workers who are among those first in line to receive a coronavirus vaccine are choosing to delay having a baby until more is known about any potential side effects during gestation, with the federal government yet to advise whether pregnant women should have the jab.
Melbourne obstetrician Nisha Khot said there was little information she could offer to her patients about the vaccines, as pregnant women are typically excluded from clinical trials.
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Authorities worried UK strain of COVID-19 may be so infectious it broke through normal quarantine protocols
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Dr Jeannette Young said the woman had been fantastic and been cooperating fully with authorities.
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Contact tracers are scrambling to pinpoint close contacts of a Brisbane quarantine hotel cleaner diagnosed with COVID-19 after tests confirmed she was carrying the more contagious UK variant.
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Queensland health has issued alerts for people to get tested if they visited any of five venues the woman visited
There are fears current infection safety protocols may not be enough to combat the mutated UK strain
In Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea Tamed Covid Now Virus Creeps Back bloomberg.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloomberg.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The sudden re-emergence of Covid-19 in places with the world’s best records for handling the pandemic is sending a discouraging message to health officials: Strategies to fully snuff out the virus don’t work as a long-term solution, and even the most successful places can never let down their guard. After more than 250 days without a single locally-transmitted coronavirus infection, Taiwan reported its first case since April on Tuesday, ending what was the world’s longest virus-free streak. On the same day, Thailand saw 427 new cases, a staggering jump for a country that as recently as September had gone 100 days without a domestic infection.