Atagi’s strict Covid restrictions preventing ‘desperate’ parents from vaccinating their children, expert says
Exclusive: Vaccine recommendations should also consider effects of long Covid on the health system and workforce, Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah says
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Labor MP and infectious disease specialist Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah has criticised Australia's immunisation experts for keeping overly restrictive" rules on access to coronavirus vaccines, urging the government to expand eligibility for children and young people in a bid to address long Covid.
The Melbourne doctor called on the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (Atagi) to provide more transparency on its decision to not recommend fourth shots for people under 30 and to not allow under-fives to receive Covid vaccines. She said many parents were desperate" to have their children vaccinated.
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