Australia’s third wave of coronavirus infections threatens to eclipse the daily tally of last year’s second wave and is reaching into younger age groups. Follow all the day’s news
- ‘Immediate risk’: nearly 150 childcare centres closed across Australia
- Fatigued not complacent: as lockdowns drag on Australians find it harder to comply with Covid restrictions
- Restrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; borders
- Hotspots: NSW; Vic; Qld
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Many Australians are experiencing “behavioural fatigue” after months of lockdowns, but rising case numbers have more to do with the highly infectious Delta variant than a sudden surge in rule-bending, experts say.
There has been a series of high-profile breaches of lockdown rules in Melbourne and Sydney in the past week.
Fifty volunteers are being sought to take part in a global trial of a new Covid-19 vaccine in Queensland.
Mater Research is helping a trial of a new protein-based vaccine on behalf of a large, unnamed US pharmaceutical firm.
It’s vital we advance new vaccines. The SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to evolve and if we want to get the better of it, our vaccines and treatments will also need to evolve and keep pace ...
The trial will assess the level of immune response the investigational new vaccine generates in trial participants.
Most of the Covid-19 vaccines already licensed in Australia don’t use this technology but studies with this investigational vaccine, as well as other protein-based vaccines, have shown very promising results elsewhere ...
We’re hoping an additional platform should boost the available vaccine supply, which has been one of the biggest hurdles in getting more of the population better protected from Covid-19.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/aug/19/covid-australia-live-update-nsw-outbreak-vaccines-young-sydney-hotspots-melbourne-lockdown-queensland-border-army
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