Health department monitoring vaccine hesitancy and ‘working very hard’ to dispel myths

Chief Nursing Officer Alison McMillan says the Health Department is monitoring vaccine hesitancy and “working very hard” to dispel some of the myths surrounding vaccines. Ms McMillan said it was important not to “jump to conclusions” while the deaths of two people in New South Wales who had recently received COVID-19 vaccines are under investigation. “The process is that NSW Health will report these to the TGA and the TGA put out an information statement yesterday and they’ll go through rigorous investigation of the clinical circumstances,” she said. “It’s important to remember we see about 50 patients present with some forms of clot every day, any form of clotting, it is a very common thing to find people have some form of clotting". Ms McMillan told Sky News Australia is an "enormously successful" country when it comes to vaccine uptake, particularly when it comes to childhood vaccinations and the flu vaccine. Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au