Senator Sam McMahon is urging the Gunner Government to stop administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to Territorians under 50, following a WA woman in her 40s currently being admitted to the Royal Darwin Hospital who reportedly suffered a brain haemorrhage after getting the AstraZeneca shot.
A woman in her 40s from Western Australia, who recently received an AstraZeneca jab, has reportedly suffered a brain haemorrhage and is currently being treated at the Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), the Therapeutic Goods Administration said.
The NT will “recalibrate” its vaccine rollout plan following advice that people under 50-years-old should not be inoculated with the UK-made AstraZeneca vaccine due to the risk of blood clots, Chief Minister Michael Gunner said, but details remain unclear.
UPDATED: NT chief health officer Hugh Heggie has revoked the hotspot status for six Queensland local government areas, meaning people can freely travel from those areas into the Northern Territory without quarantining and has this afternoon also lifted the Byron Shire hotspot status.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has reportedly recovered from “cold-like symptoms” and has returned a negative COVID-19 test for the second time in as many months.
The NT Government has added Bryon Bay in NSW to its growing coronavirus hotspot list that includes six other local jurisdictions in Queensland declared yesterday.
Anyone arriving in the Northern Territory either by land or air after 4:30pm today from six local government jurisdictions in Queensland will have to undergo supervised quarantine following a snap lockdown in Brisbane, NT Health has declared.
UPDATED: Chief Minister Michael Gunner has gone into isolation after experiencing “cold-like symptoms” following the arrival of family members from Toowoomba over the weekend as questions have been raised over why the NT declared that area a hotpsot.
Territorians eligible for the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout started to be inoculated with the AstraZeneca shot today, while the Chief Minister and the NT’s Chief Health Officer volunteered for the jab to underscore government confidence in the vaccine’s safety.
The Australian Medical Association NT is not convinced that the Gunner government can pull off hiring 400 additional quarantine staff in a short period of time given its “cumbersome” hiring processes.
A new deal with the Commonwealth will see the NT Government take over responsibility for running the international quarantine facility at Howard Springs, with a pledge to hire 400 new health staff within weeks under the supervision of Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker.
The NT Government has started the first phase of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout with frontline health care and quarantine workers getting the jab today.
