Thursday: Wilcannia residents have been targeted by a someone offering to treat locals with an unproven drug for Covid. Plus: the funniest things on the internet
Good morning. NSW is due to reveal its roadmap out of Covid today, which is expected to hinge on the state’s vaccination rates. The UK has been criticised for reportedly dropping Paris climate goals in its trade deal with Australia. And the US walks a delicate line trying to seek a consensus position for negotiations with the Taliban.
The NSW government will reveal its roadmap to economic recovery on Thursday at the 11am press conference. It is understood premier Gladys Berejiklian will unveil the plan, which will involve a cautious reopening of restaurants, cafes, pubs and clubs for fully vaccinated patrons. It is expected that citizens will be allowed to attend pubs and clubs, get their hair cut and sit in cafes once the state reaches 70% double vaccination rates – most likely by 18 October.
Locals in the Covid-ravaged western NSW town of Wilcannia have reacted angrily to an ivermectin spruiker posing as a doctor and offering to “treat” the town with the anti-parasitic drug that the Therapeutic Goods Administrator has explicitly warned not to use. State-commonwealth tension over vaccine distribution is set to continue, after new figures suggested Victoria and Queensland received fewer Pfizer shots combined then NSW last month. Lagging vaccine rollouts across the NSW prison system are being blamed for a spate of infections, with 166 inmates across the state, including 40 Indigenous Australians, contracting the virus. Corrections officials have announced a 70% first-dose vaccination target by the week’s end, despite the Justice Health department reporting a 26.1% current rate on Monday.
source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/09/morning-mail-anger-over-ivermectin-spruiker-nsw-covid-roadmap-internet-gold
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