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Torres Strait COVID-19 vaccine program won’t resume until mid-May – ABC News
Despite concerns about the proximity of Papua New Guinea, where the COVID-19 threat is on the rise, vaccination is on hold in the Torres Strait until mid-May because…
The COVID-19 mass vaccination rollout in the Torres Strait is not expected to resume until mid-May.
Local health authorities are scrambling to work through changed health advice for administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to people under the age of 50.
More than 800 Torres Strait residents, considered to be particularly vulnerable to coronavirus due to their close proximity to Papua New Guinea, have already received the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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