Covid live: UK ministers under pressure after Cummings testimony; Facebook to allow posts saying virus ‘man-made’
England health secretary to address ex-adviser’s claims; Facebook changes policy ‘in light of ongoing investigations into the origin of Covid’
- Cummings lambasts Johnson in damning account of Covid crisis
- Biden orders US intelligence to intensify efforts to study Covid’s origins
- German scientists say they can improve vaccines to prevent blood clots
- Taiwan accuses China of interfering with Covid vaccine deals
- Record pace of Melbourne outbreak blamed for Victoria lockdown
Indonesia has resumed usage of a temporarily suspended batch of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, the country’s food and drug agency (BPOM) said this morning.
Reuters report that the agency suspended use of one batch of the vaccine to conduct an investigation after a young man died after being inoculated earlier this month.
The hotline for booking a Covid-19 vaccine in Australia was unavailable for hours following the Victorian government’s decision to open up vaccinations to those aged over 40.
As the acting premier, James Merlino, announced Victoria would go into a seven-day lockdown to get on top of a growing number of cases of Covid-19, he announced people aged between 40 and 49 would be able to get the Pfizer vaccine at state-run clinics from Friday.
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