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‘Click and collect your immunity’: A quip many might’ve missed during Victoria’s press conference
By David Estcourt
As Victoria’s press conference drew to a close questions began to zero in on the mechanics of the Bunnings drive-in vaccine that the state government launched today.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was asked if any sausages would be sizzling at the Bunnings involved in the “soft launch” of the program, which would allow Victorians to receive their vaccine from inside their car.“I don’t think there are any sausages sizzling at that Bunnings,” Mr Andrews said.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews at Sunday’s press conference.Credit:Paul Jeffers
“It’s click and collect, as it needs to be.”
This throwaway line was seized upon by Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, who said in the background of the press conference while not at the microphone, that Victorians would now be able to click and collect their immunity.
“Yes, click and collect immunity from serious disease,” Mr Andrews joked, “as the Chief Health Officer just said.“
WATCH: Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Roger Cook provide health update
Two tier-1 exposure sites identified on Melbourne’s public transport system
By David Estcourt
Victorian health authorities have added four new exposure sites to the government’s official list, including two tier-1 sites on a bus line that services Melbourne’s northwest, the area of a recent outbreak in the city.
A positive case travelled on the 418 route bus line twice on August 8 on their way to Caroline Springs shopping centre CS Square on August 4 and 5.
A positive case also visited East Melbourne doctor’s office Melbourne Orthopaedic Surgeons on August 3, which is now a tier-1 site, and Bunnings Taylors Lakes on August 2, which is now a tier-2 site.
Missing link: Broome COVID sample cannot be traced to confirmed WA cases
By Marta Pascual Juanola
Particles of COVID-19 detected in wastewater in the Kimberley town of Broome cannot be traced back to any confirmed cases of the virus recently cleared in WA.
Premier Mark McGowan said on Friday the most likely source of the sample was a tourist from Perth or the Northern Territory ‘shedding’ viral particles.
But a spokesperson from the Department of Health told WAtoday on Saturday no patient recently cleared from the disease in the state had transited through or was living in the remote North West town.
This would reduce the likelihood of tracing the sample back to a Perth tourist – as suggested by the premier – and point at the possibility a ‘shedder’ travelling from interstate released the particles.
The popular tourist town, which is home to a large population of vulnerable Indigenous Australians, has seen an unprecedented spike in visitor numbers since the pandemic drove up domestic travel.
‘Good luck’: Doctors still discouraging younger patients from AstraZeneca vaccine
By Michael Koziol
Young people say GPs are still discouraging or blocking them from taking the AstraZeneca vaccine despite changes in the official medical advice and pleas from politicians for everyone to take whatever vaccine is available with 60 per cent of the nation back in lockdown.
Doctors are required to run patients through the rare risk of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia syndrome, or clotting disorder, associated with the AZ vaccine. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation says the risk of TTS for under 50s is about 3.4 in every 100,000, and the fatality rate is about 3 per cent, meaning the risk of death is about one in a million.
The ATAGI recommended anyone over 18 in Greater Sydney “strongly consider” getting the first available vaccine, including AZ.Credit:Dean Sewell
On July 24, ATAGI recommended anyone over 18 in Greater Sydney “strongly consider” getting the first available vaccine, including AZ – a message reinforced at the daily press conferences by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant. ATAGI’s advice for people under 60 in other outbreak situations is to reassess the benefits of taking the AZ vaccine.
Matt Bransby, a 31-year-old from Liverpool in the centre of Sydney’s outbreak, went to a nearby clinic last Friday but during his consultation was encouraged to take a week to think about it. He says he was told by a doctor “if you insist, I’ll give it to you” but was warned: “What if you’re that one in a million?”
Mr Bransby welcomed the advice. “I definitely felt discouraged, but I wasn’t upset at him for doing that,” he said. “I was grateful that he was being honest for how he felt about it.”
Photographs of Sydney on Sunday
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age’s photographers are busy documenting the pandemic today. Here are a few of their images so far.
People queue up at Sydney Olympic Park Vaccination Hub where up to 4000 supermarket and food distribution workers are expected to receive their COVID jabs. Credit:Dean Sewell
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged people to come forward to get vaccinated.Credit:Edwina Pickles
A family at a public housing tower in Kensington has tested positive for COVID-19, which has resulted in an entire floor being ordered to isolate for 14 days. A testing clinic has been set up for all other residents to get tested.Credit:Paul Jeffers
Children aged 12 to 15 with specified medical conditions now eligible for Pfizer
By David Estcourt
Victorian Acting COVID-19 commander Naomi Bromley says children who are aged between 12 and 15 and have specific medical conditions, or who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, will be eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine at state-run clinics.
“Only the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for the 12 to 18 year age group,” she said.
“Children, adolescents, young adults with underlying medical conditions do have an increased likelihood of developing severe disease and complications with COVID-19 [can now receive the vaccine].”
Victorian health authorities also announced the “soft-launch” of Australia’s first drive-through vaccine program. The drive-through will at first only offer the Pfizer vaccine, so spots for the program are limited.
“You drive up. Roll down your window, roll up your sleeve, get a job. It’s that easy,” Ms Bromley said.“This is a fantastic addition to our existing state infrastructure, it’ll be a really good and convenient, simple, safe way for Victorians to get vaccinated.”
A few sites will be trialling the program, including at Bunnings Warehouses, who are charging a nominal fee for use of their existing infrastructure.
“We’re really excited about this new edition,” Ms Bromley said.
All new Victorian cases linked to Hobsons Bay cluster
By David Estcourt
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says all state’s new cases are linked to the Hobsons Bay cluster seeded by the Al-Taqwa College teacher in Melbourne’s west and southwest.
Professor Sutton confirmed the cases at Mount Alexander College in Flemington, and the Kiewa Secondary Boys Campus of Ilim College in Dallas, and said authorities are taking the same approach to testing these communities as the successful testing program conducted at Al-Taqwa College.
“We’ve had a really successful approach with Al-Taqwa [College],” he said.“The trusted voice from the school reaching out to families has actually meant that we’ve had a higher proportion of testing in that cohort than we’ve had for any cohort.
“We’ve had more than three quarters tested, really, really short period of time, so we’re taking the same approach with these two new sites.”
Professor Sutton also reiterated calls for Victorians to get vaccinated, in light of the expansion of AstraZeneca to 18 to 49-year-olds.
“If I were 25 and at present [AstraZeneca] was the only vaccine available to me today, I would get it,” he said.
“Of course it’s your individual choice, but I’ve said all the way through the best sign is to get the one that’s available to you today, you will get protection from that first vaccine, you can get very, very good protection from being fully vaccinated.”
Nine Victorian government clinics to offer AstraZeneca to 18 to 39-year-olds
By David Estcourt
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says nine sites will now be offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to 18 to 39-year-olds, provided they consent to the risks associated with getting the jab.
“The doctor will take them through the risks, take them through all the different issues that they need to consider,” he said.“If they then make an informed decision and provide consent, they will receive the AstraZeneca first, and then some 12 weeks later, they’ll receive the second dose.”
It comes after the vaccine was made more widely available to people under 40 in NSW, and governments around Australia renewed pressure for people to get vaccinated.
Mr Andrews said authorities expect the sites to get very busy as a result of the expansion of the vaccine rollout.
“I would fully anticipate that those nine sites will be very busy, as all of our state sites have been right throughout this vaccine program,” he said.
“There’s a lot written and a lot said about people being hesitant to get the job … it’s not what I’m picking up on.
“They want to get vaccinated quickly, because I know what’s good for them, for their family and for every family, and it’s critical to us being open and staying open, so I think that those appointments will be snapped up quickly.”
NSW’s 262 local cases a ‘positive sign’: CMO
By David Estcourt
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says the fact that NSW recorded less cases on Sunday is a “positive sign” in the state’s battle to contain the outbreak.
“So 262 is less than there has been the last couple of days, which is a positive sign, of course, a trend is not just today so we need to look, certainly large number, and we need to continue to work,” he said.
“I think some positive elements there is that it is still mostly contained in a fairly small part of Sydney.“Health Minister Greg Hunt said the state was in the midst of a “fight”.
“Do I believe that they can, they can succeed? Do I believe that we can win? Yes I do,” he said.
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