SBS Sinhala current Affair: Drop in number of COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals

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Health care workers are seen in the COVID vaccination hub at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in Melbourne. Source: AAP

Highlights

• The Therapeutic Goods Administration approved a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 to 12.
• The number of COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals has dropped below 500 for the first time in more than a month.
• New South Wales, has achieved the 90 per cent double dose vaccine milestone
• 95.6 per cent of people in the ACT are fully vaccinated which has enabled restrictions to be eased two weeks ahead of schedule.