Victoria records 190 cases and the ACT 32; Moderna vaccine gets green light for people 12 and over; more than 1,000 families asked to isolate after Queensland girl tests positive. Follow live
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We mentioned a little earlier today that Victoria has expanded its business support package. About $2.34bn will support more than 175,000 businesses in the next four weeks. AAP has a bit more detail on the program:
A new tiered payments system for the Business Costs Assistance Program would allow for higher payments to businesses with more workers, the minister Martin Pakula said.
Program payments will be automatically made at rates of $2,800, $5,600 and $8,400 a week over September, depending on payroll size.
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Advice is expected within the next week from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (Atagi) on how the Moderna vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds should be incorporated in the vaccine program after the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s provisional approval of the vaccine earlier today.
“The approval was based on evidence of strong ability for these vaccines to raise just as good, if not stronger, immunological responses as it does in young adults and older groups,” the TGA’s John Skerritt told reporters on Saturday.
