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Australia is a step closer to having COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged six months to five years, with Pfizer approved to submit an application with the medical regulator.
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11 year olds, which Health Minister Greg Hunt expects will start rolling out from January 10.
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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia still intends to manufacture mRNA COVID-19 vaccines locally, notwithstanding the progress of the nation’s jab rollout.
South Australian children over the age of 12 and adults over 60 will be eligible to receive the Moderna vaccine at pharmacies across the state, as SA Health directs 130 close contacts of a COVID-positive NSW truck driver into quarantine.
Children over the age of 12 are today eligible to book in a Pfizer vaccine appointment at South Australia’s state-run clinics.
Nearly half a million Pfizer vaccines from the UK arrived in Sydney last night in the first instalment of a deal that will see four million doses sent to Australia this month.
