Queensland teachers union in push for vaccine priority
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Teachers should be a priority in the vaccine rollout, says the union.
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Queensland teachers are pushing to be recognised as a priority workforce group in the national rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine alongside other frontline workers.
Key points:
The Queensland rollout of the vaccine will begin on Monday, with 100 Pfizer jabs on the Gold Coast
The priority groups to receive the vaccine were determined based on the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation
Any changes to the rollout will be on the advice of medical experts
Australia is following the UK and US in rolling out COVID-19 vaccines.
Given the enormity of the program, and its wide ranging implications, let’s dig a little into what vaccines are being fast tracked, and how it will roll out. Half of the world’s population are unable to access basic healthcare.
According to a Department of Health spokesperson, ‘The Government has secured access to COVID-19 vaccines through advanced purchase agreements with AstraZeneca, Novavax and Pfizer’.
They added, ‘Additional COVID-19 vaccine candidates are being evaluated in early stage clinical trials in Australia, including one developed by Flinders University and Adelaide company Vaxine, and four being developed by international companies (SpyBiotech/Serum Institute of India, Novavax, Clover Biopharmaceuticals and Symvivo)’.