Notes on Adelaide
UPDATED | In today’s Notes On Adelaide, vaccination woes in senior State Government ranks, the dirt files come out as an election campaign looms – and a prominent Liberal frontbencher shows himself to be a man of the people.
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Police commissioner and state emergency coordinator Grant Stevens says greater uptake of booster shots will be “absolutely critical” to lifting the state’s COVID-19 restrictions, as figures show hundreds of thousands of eligible South Australians are yet to receive their third shot.
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Close contacts of South Australian COVID cases will be able to be tested using rapid antigen kits in coming days to take the pressure off long queues at PCR testing stations, Premier Steven Marshall has announced as the state recorded another 3493 cases today.
Former US president Donald Trump’s comments touting COVID-19 vaccines as safe and a major achievement of his presidency have upset extreme anti-vaxxers which include many of his supporters.
Australians will be eligible for a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine earlier after the nation’s immunisation body recommended bringing booster timeframes forward.
Australia is being urged to bring forward booster shots to help prevent thousands of additional COVID-19 infections as holidaymakers take advantage of open borders.
