Australia stops quarantine-free travel for New Zealand after COVID-19 cases

Neferti wrote:

On and on it goes! Now talking about the vaccine being available in Canberra, starting next week.

https://the-riotact.com/vaccine-rollout-to-begin-in-canberra-next-week/440004

Covid-19: Vaccine as good in 'real world' as in trial in Israel

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56069460

More data from Israel's vaccination programme is suggesting the Pfizer jab prevents 94% of symptomatic infections.

This indicates the vaccine is performing just as well in a larger population as it did in the clinical trials.

It is proving highly effective at preventing illness and severe disease among all age groups, according to public health doctor Prof Hagai Levine.

"High vaccination coverage of the most susceptible groups" was key, he said.

Israel's largest health fund Clalit looked at positive tests in 600,000 vaccinated people and the same number of unvaccinated people, matched by age and health status.

It found 94% fewer infections among the vaccinated group.

This was based on test results in people's medical records, usually taken if they had symptoms or were a close contact of someone who had tested positive.

And the vaccine prevented almost all cases of serious illness.

This pattern was the same in all age groups - including the over-70s, who may have been under-represented in clinical trials.

The data has not yet been formally published.

On and on it goes! Now talking about the vaccine being available in Canberra, starting next week.

https://the-riotact.com/vaccine-rollout-to-begin-in-canberra-next-week/440004

Batman and Robin:

Australia stops quarantine-free travel for New Zealand after COVID-19 cases

Australia will stop quarantine-free travel for New Zealanders, after three COVID-19 cases were recorded in Auckland.
The trans-Tasman bubble was set up so people could fly from New Zealand to Australia without needing to spend 14 days in a hotel.
However, Australia's expert medical panel made a decision late on Sunday night to change the system.
It means any New Zealanders that fly into Australia from Monday will have to spend a fortnight in hotel quarantine.
The new rule will remain in place for the next three days before the situation is reassessed.
A statement on the Department of Health website said the pause on quarantine-free travel was decided after a meeting with the Chief Health Officers of Queensland, NSW and Victoria and Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly.
"All people arriving on such flights originating within this three-day period will need to go into 14 days of supervised hotel quarantine," the statement read.
"The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee will consider further updates from New Zealand tomorrow and provide advice."
Professor Kelly had said earlier on Sunday that travel arrangements with New Zealand would not change.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-14/australia-stops-quarantine-free-travel-for-new-zealand-covid19/13154240