Good morning. Only 50% of Australia’s eligible aged care residents have had a fourth Covid vaccine dose as deaths climb. Anthony Albanese’s net approval rating is up 40 points since Labor’s victory last month, while inflation is tipped to reach 7%. A dramatic 11th-hour intervention by the European court of human rights has dealt a blow to the UK government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Just over half of Australia’s eligible aged care residents have had a fourth Covid vaccine dose, prompting the federal health minister, Mark Butler, to warn the winter rollout “has been too slow”. Health department data shows about 63,515 aged care residents have had their fourth shot – that’s 51.3% of the eligible population. It comes as the latest health department data shows Covid-related deaths are continuing to climb at a significant rate.
