COVID-19 vaccination in Australia

Pfizer Vaccine is Now Recommended for Children aged 5 to 11

The Commission for Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EDA) has recommended that the use of the Comirnaty vaccine by Biontech / Pfizer against COVID-19 be given to children aged 5 to 11 years.

The vaccine is already used on children that are 12 years old.

Australia to ease 18-month-old border closure ’within weeks’

Australia will begin to reopen its borders next month, the country's prime minister said on Oct. 1, 18 months after citizens were banned from traveling overseas without permission.

Scott Morrison said vaccinated Australians would be able to return home and travel overseas "within weeks" as 80 percent vaccination targets are met.

Kikilias: Healthcare workers who refuse vaccination to be suspended without pay, stiff fines

Following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis national address in which he announced compulsory vaccination for doctors and healthcare workers, Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias today announced that those who do not comply will be suspended from work and docked pay.

COVID-19 vaccination campaign: 16,311 people immunised in 24h, 9,938 with first dose

Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) reports that 16,311 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past 24 hours, of which 9,918 doses of Pfizer vaccine, 552 of Moderna vaccine, 321 of AstraZeneca vaccine and 5,520 of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. CNCAV shows that 9,938 people were vaccinated with the first dose and 6,373 received the second dose.

COVID-19 vaccination campaign: 16,705 people immunised in 24h, 9,213 with first dose

Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) reports that 16,705 doses of vaccine have been administered in the past 24 hours, of which 10,562 doses of Pfizer vaccine, 487 of Moderna vaccine, 287 of AstraZeneca vaccine and 5,369 of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. CNCAV shows that 9,867 people were vaccinated with the first dose and 6,838 received the second dose.

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