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An update from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) following their weekly meeting on 28 July 2021.

The Australian Government Acting Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, has extended the COVID-19 Hotspot for the purposes of Commonwealth support for Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Shellharbour and Wollongong, until 28 August 2021.

The Acting Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, has lifted the COVID-19 hotspot declaration of Orange City Council, Blayney Shire Council and Cabonne Shire Council, from 11:59pm on 28 July 2021.

A national campaign launches to raise awareness of the sexually transmissible infection (STI) syphilis and the current outbreak happening across Australia.

The acting Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, has lifted the COVID-19 hotspot declaration for Greater Melbourne from 11:59pm on 27 July 2021.

The Acting Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd has lifted the COVID-19 hotspot declaration of Metropolitan Adelaide, from 11:59pm 27 July 2021.

A statement from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) on minimising the potential risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools.

A statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) in response to the NSW COVID-19 outbreak.

Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout has taken another step forward with the Pfizer vaccine being approved for use in children aged 12 to 15 years.

An update from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) following their weekly meeting on 21 July 2021.

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is using innovative grant models to help find solutions to significant health challenges and to turn knowledge into practice.

The Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, has today declared Orange City Council, Blayney Shire Council and Cabonne Shire Council a COVID-19 Hotspot for the purposes of Commonwealth support, for an initial period of 7 days from 11:59pm 21 July to 11:59pm on 28 July 2021.

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is supporting research to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies.

The Australian Government Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, has today declared Metropolitan Adelaide a COVID-19 Hotspot for the purposes of Commonwealth support, for an initial period of 7 days from 11:59pm 20 July 2021 until 11:59pm 27 July 2021.

The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, has extended the COVID-19 Hotspot for the purposes of Commonwealth support for Greater Melbourne, Moorabool Shire, City of Greater Geelong, Surf Coast Shire, Borough of Queenscliff, Bass Coast Shire LGA and the Rural City of Mildura to 27 July 2021.

The Australian Government has made available $96 million under the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for the national effort fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.