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Nuvaxovid (Novavax) can be used as a booster in an individual aged 18 years and above if no other COVID-19 vaccine is considered suitable for that individual.
Recommendations concerning the use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose have been updated. AstraZeneca is no longer recommended for use as the booster dose for people who received a primary vaccination course of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, although it can still be used for this purpose if these individuals decline receiving an mRNA vaccine as a booster dose. AstraZeneca is now only recommended when there are medical contraindications to the mRNA vaccines.
Comirnaty (Pfizer) can be used as a booster in individuals aged 16 years and above.
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An article Long COVID: sustained and multiple disadvantage published in The Medical Journal of Australia earlier this week points out that the over‐representation of chronic conditions among disadvantaged populations such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people increases the risk of both COVID‐19 acute severity and long COVID.
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For clinicians to fill out following a COVID-positive result from a Rapid Antigen Test.
Information for communities and clinicians on what to do and how long to isolate if you get a positive Rapid Antigen Test result.
Due to the limitations of RATS, this document provides some guidance of the potential roles of Rapid Antigen Tests to ensure they are used in the right scenarios and the results are interpreted carefully. It can be used to discuss the pros and cons of a strategy when Rapid Antigen testing is being proposed in remote settings and discrete Aboriginal communities.
Dr Marjad Page from Gidgee Healing in Mt Isa made the choice to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Ethel Hayden from Dalby made the choice to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Lawrence ‘Uncle Cheese’ Anderson from Cunnamulla way made the choice to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Arlene Langton is from Cherbourg and she wants her community to be prepared for COVID-19.
On the second episode of the Make the Choice podcast Danny yarns with Vanessa Clements, an Indigenous epidemiologist and vaccine expert.
In this episode Danny yarns with Dr Mark Wenitong who breaks down the myths and provides the hard facts on COVID-19.
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