Study suggests fully vaccinated less likely to pass virus on to others; more 16- and 17-year-olds in UK could be given green light for vaccine
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The head of Australia’s Covid vaccination program, Lt Gen John Frewen, says the government may yet use cash incentives to encourage take-up.
Frewen also said it was “mathematically” possible for 80% of eligible Australians to be fully immunised by December.
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Staying in Scotland, Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said he is “still particularly worried that young people will be wearing masks when they return to school later on this month”.
He told the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “They’ve had a year-and-a-half of disrupted learning already … we do have to look at how this impacts on all pupils.”