AUSTRALIAN HEALTH MINISTER HOSPITALISED 2 DAYS AFTER COVID-19 VACCINATION

9 March 2021

MOSCOW: Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care Greg Hunt has been taken to hospital with a suspected infection, two days after he received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik quoted an Australian broadcaster ABC report on Tuesday, citing the minister's office.

On Sunday, Hunt, together with former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Secretary of Health Department Brendan Murphy, received a shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

"His condition is not considered to be related to the vaccine," the office said, as quoted in the report.

Australia has confirmed 29,061 COVID-19 cases, with 909 deaths, according to the country's Health Department. - Bernama