Health minister Hunter (left), Director of the Drug Administration Skerrit (middle) and Prime Minister Morrison (right). (Sydney Morning Herald)
After Britain became the first Western country to approve a large-scale use of the new crown vaccine, the head of Australia's medical regulatory agency said Australia could approve vaccine use nearly two months in advance.
Mr morrison (Scott Morrison), australia's prime minister, also confirmed that people would have full access to their vaccine vaccination records to protect their privacy, but other companies could not access them.
On Wednesday, Britain urgently approved the massive use of Pfizer-Baintek (Pfizer-BioNTech)'s new crown vaccine and plans to vaccinate high-risk groups from next week. But Johnson said he wouldn't force vaccine. injections
The Australian health minister, Hunter (Greg Hunt), said Thursday morning that Australia "advanced" five stages of vaccine promotion.
"A decision on early vaccine is expected by the end of January next year. "Australia could vaccinate health workers from March next year if vaccine are approved, vaccine. added
Professor Skerrit (John Skerritt), Director of the Australian Drug Administration (Therapeutic Goods Administration), said Pfizer, which has been approved in the UK, is one of four vaccine purchased in Australia. But so far, no company has provided complete data because vaccine experiments are still in progress.
Three other vaccine, in addition to Pfizer-Baintek vaccine, are contracted by Australia, including Oxford-Aslcon (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccine, Novavax (Novavax) vaccine and the vaccine. being developed by the University of Queensland
"We still hope, If we receive a complete document from the company in January or early February, and we will be able to approve one or more (vaccine). This will be well ahead of the March (supply vaccine) date set by government. "
Although understanding the urgency of getting the public to vaccinate vaccine, mr morrison said he believed in the australian drug administration's procedures.
"I am fully confident that the Australian Drug Administration will be able to critically assess these (vaccine) and advise (health) minister 、 me, state governors and chief territorial directors on the safety of these vaccine. "
government also submitted an amendment to the Australian Immunization Register (Australian Immunisation Register) on Thursday. An amendment would force doctors to record whether patients had been vaccinated against vaccine. new crown
vaccine data "can not" flow directly from government to airlines or other companies with requirements, says mr hunter. "What we do is make sure everyone has full access to their data. Only these people have access. "
speaker Hesper (Charlotte Hespe) of the Royal Australian Association of General Practitioners (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners) said immunization registration information would be uploaded to my Health Records (My Health Record) system. Patients can log on to MyGov account and access "my health record ".
"Information is available at the time of application of the National Health Insurance (Medicare) Act. Anyone can download the immune statement by Medicare Online, including the patient's immune history. "
