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Australia’s position on the AstraZeneca vaccine is stable

The promotion of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 will continue, despite the fact that several European countries have suspended vaccinations in order to investigate the serious side effects reported in some people who have been vaccinated, as announced today by the competent health authority in Australia.

John Scherrit, director of the health department at AustraliaHe said he had spoken to more than a dozen European countries overnight and that evidence showed there was no reason to suspend the vaccination campaign.

Australia, as noted by AMPE, began to vaccinate people with it AstraZeneca vaccine on March 7, while it has secured about 54 million doses for its 25 million population.

Vaccination with Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine started in February.

Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, reported yesterday, Tuesday, a new case of infection from COVID-19 broadcast locally.

This incident is related to a traveler who returned from abroad and was quarantined in a hotel. A security guard at the same hotel was attacked by him coronavirus earlier in the week, ending the zero recording of infection cases for a period of about two months.

Australia has reported zero infections or single-digit cases on a daily basis for several weeks.

In the country, more than 29,100 cases of coronavirus infection and 909 deaths have been reported since the outbreak began.

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