At last, some good news on the COVID front: the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved the first oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19.

Queensland Health says that today they have contacted 175 people who received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at the Flagstone Community College pop-up vaccination clinic on Saturday October 23, after it was found that six people may have received an ultra-low dose owing to a vaccine preparation error.

A breakdown of the weekly vaccine-side effects report from the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Any essential worker who has permission to cross the border to enter either Queensland must have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from 21 August.

The decision by NSW State Premier Gladys Berejiklian to redirect Pfizer supplies from the North Coast to Sydney has drawn criticism from local Federal MP Justine Elliot.

Here is an explanation of the ingredients for the three vaccines currently in play in the Australian rollout: the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines.

Health authorities on the Northern Rivers say the region now has a supply of the Pfizer Covid 19 vax.