Tag: immunisation

Australia Secures 500,000 Pfizer Doses in Singapore Swap Deal

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Aug. 31 that Australia has secured 500,000 Pfizer vaccine doses in a swap deal with Singapore to be distributed for immediate use next week. In exchange, Australia will supply the same amount of doses to Singapore in December. The half a million doses will be distributed to all states…


8,000 Aussie Vaccine Doses Arrive in Papua New Guinea Amid Outbreak

As Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) health system struggles to cope with an influx of CCP virus patients, Australia’s Labor opposition has questioned whether the Morrison government is doing enough to help. PNG has so far recorded 3,359 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus….


Australia Facing Vaccine Rollout Challenge

Australia is about to embark on the biggest mass immunisation program in its history, with authorities confident of pulling off the massive logistical effort. A top medical official has backed Australia to pull off its biggest ever mass immunisation program despite enormous logistical challenges. Coronavirus jabs will start on Monday as the nation pins its…


EU Move to Block Vaccine Worries Australia

Australia is on track to receive COVID-19 vaccine supplies in order to begin immunisation in late February despite the European Union (EU) threatening to block shipments to some countries. The EU has made new export restrictions on vaccinations produced by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca to a list of countries including Australia after supply shortages…


UK Nurse Tests Positive for CCP Virus After Second Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Canceled

A UK nurse tested positive for the CCP virus after his second dose of a two-dose vaccine was delayed. Staff Registered Nurse David Longden wrote in a Facebook post over the weekend that he had received his first dose of the vaccine on Dec. 8. But his second dose, which was due on Jan. 5,…