COVID-19 response update for primary care – 14 October 2021

Presenters

• Professor Michael Kidd, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
• Dr Lucas de Toca, First Assistant Secretary, COVID-19 Primary Care Response, Department of Health
• Penny Shakespeare, Deputy Secretary, Health Resourcing Group, Department of Health

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Resources and information

• Hotspot declarations
• ATAGI recommendations on a third dose of a COVID-19 Vaccine
• ATAGI statement 06 October 2021
• AHPPC- endorsed new guidance to help health and residential care providers best manage workers exposed to COVID-19 infection
• TGA – COVID-19 Rapid Antigen tests approved in Australia
• TGA- Comirnaty (Pfizer) Pfizer is now eligible to apply to vary the provisional approval for the vaccine to include children aged 5 to 11 years.
• COVID-19 vaccine information kiosks – Queensland and Western Australia
• Pause on New Zealand Green Zone flights
  
   
• Minister Hunt announcement 13 October – Consultation opens on draft Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan. Feedback can be provided via this link
• Minister Hunt announcement 12 October – Children’s mental health strategy and vaccine rollout for children
• Minister Hunt announcement 08 October - Booster shot for severely immunocompromised Australians
• Minister Hunt announcement 08 October - update on the vaccination rollout, vaccine booster program and the concussion in sports program
• Mental Health Week (WA)
• National Carers Week

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