DC signs off on 3rd ose for some in US

Advisers to the enters for Disease Control ) and Prevention voted in ur of a recommendation people with weakened une systems should get e shots of Covid vaccine, a tep for protection of the vulble population. e CDC’S advisory commitn immunisation practices 11 bers voted unanimously y in favour of the third-dose mmendation for some peoith weakened immune sys. CDC director Rochelle nsky signed off on the recendation. he US Food and Drug inistration expanded emery use authorisations for vacs from Moderna and the nership of Pfizer and Bionlate on Thursday to include xtra dose. Organ transplant ients and patients considto have an equivalent level munocompromise will be ble for the extra shots. e FDA decision was supported city, after cases surged to a record on Saturday. Melbourne is in the second week of its sixth lockdown since the pandemic began.

New South Wales state recorded 466 new cases in the local community on Saturday, up 19% from the previous record the day before.

The vast majority of new cases were in Sydney, which is failing to contain the outbreak despite entering its eighth week of lockdown against the Delta variant.

Meanwhile, Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth coronavirus surge in the worst-hit country in West Asia, state television reported on Saturday.

All non-essential businesses and offices will have to close under the nationwide lockdown from Monday to August 21, in an effort to curb the highly contagious Delta variant.

The health ministry reported 29,700 new cases on Saturday, and 466 daily deaths, down from a record daily toll of 588 fatalities on Monday.

We have to accept that this is the worst situation New South Wales has been in since day one.