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The federal government will provide $1.2 million in funding to multicultural organisations to deliver targeted health information about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
There are fears the change to the health advice will increase existing vaccine hesitancy, especially among culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
On Thursday, Health Minister Greg Hunt said the government was moving into the “next stage” of the $41 million vaccination campaign, which includes a new focus on 40 to 59-year-olds.
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“As increasing numbers of Australians become eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the Australian government is ensuring everyone can have confidence in the vaccination program,” he said in a statement on Friday.
While the risk of TTS is still very low overall, it is more common in younger age groups. And younger people are less likely to die or become seriously ill from COVID-19.
What is the clotting disorder and how common is it?
Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome is a rare clotting problem that can occur after vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
We don’t fully understand why TTS occurs, but we know it’s caused by an overactive immune response. This is a very different mechanism to clots people might get after travelling or being immobile for lengthy periods.
The condition involves blood clots as well as a depletion in blood clotting cells known as platelets. The clots associated with TTS can appear in parts of the body where we don’t normally see blood clots, like the brain or the abdomen.
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