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A woman in her 40s believed to have the second case of blood clots linked to AstraZeneca in Australia developed the symptoms about two weeks after receiving her vaccination, according to the WA Health Minister.
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She was flown to a Darwin hospital after falling ill
The case is similar to others in Europe who developed a rare clotting disorder
The woman received her vaccination in mid-March as part of the 1A/1B cohort and reported to the emergency department of a WA regional hospital about a fortnight later, Roger Cook said.
She was then flown to Royal Darwin Hospital.
Coronavirus vaccine rollout begins in Western Australia with two hotel quarantine nurses
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Two hotel quarantine nurses have become the first people in Western Australia to be given the COVID-19 vaccine.
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More than 200 people will receive the shot in WA today
WA Premier Mark McGowan says the vaccine will save lives
Four thousand five hundred doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine arrived at Perth Airport yesterday and were stored overnight in a Perth Children s Hospital (PCH) pharmacy freezer at minus 80 degrees Celsius.
Pfizer coronavirus vaccines to arrive in Perth this weekend with high-risk workers a priority for initial 5,000 doses
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WA s coronavirus vaccine roll-out will begin with frontline quarantine and border workers.
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Western Australia is set to receive its first 5,000 doses of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine this weekend.
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Frontline quarantine and border workers are first eligible
The roll-out will expand to other groups at the end of March
WA Premier Mark McGowan said quarantine and international border workers would be among the first West Australians to be eligible for the vaccine. Our quarantine hotel workers, including hotel staff, cleaners, police, security and clinical staff working in our quarantine facilities are at higher risk of contracting the virus, so it makes sense that they are prioritised, he said.
WA s coronavirus hard border with Victoria to be lifted on Saturday but quarantine still required
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Travellers from Victoria will be allowed into WA from this weekend under the changes.
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The WA Government plans to reclassify Victoria as low risk from Saturday, removing its hard border with the state and allowing travellers to head west without an exemption.
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From this weekend, travellers from Victoria will be allowed into WA
But they must still self-quarantine and undertake COVID-19 testing
The hard border with Victoria was reintroduced last week in response to a cluster of cases linked to a hotel quarantine worker in Melbourne.
WA Premier Mark McGowan extends coronavirus hard border with Victoria until Wednesday
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Mr McGowan said the extension was based on advice from the Chief Health Officer.
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Western Australia s hard border with Victoria will be extended until at least Wednesday to mirror the length of the lockdown in that state.
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The Government will decide on Wednesday whether to extended it
Border restrictions with New South Wales will ease from midnight
WA Premier Mark McGowan this morning met with the Chief Health Officer, Police Commissioner and Health Minister, and said that timeframe would now be extended.