Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI)
Weekly meeting on Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS)
16 June 2021, 1-2PM
Attendees
NCIRS
ATAGI
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Allen Cheng
Chris Blyth
Katie Flanagan
Robyn Gibbs
Nigel Crawford
Department of Health
Michelle Giles
Lisa Schofield
Kristine Macartney
Hope Peisley
Bette Liu
Darius Everett
James Wood
John Skerritt
Debra Petrys
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Nicholas Silberstein
Lucas de Toca
Diane Walsh
Elspeth Kay
Andrew Wilson
ACT 1982 (CTH)
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Karen Bellamy
Katherine Gibney
Tony Korman
ATAGI COVID-19 WG Secretariat
HEALTH
Madeline Hall
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INFORMATION
Cheryl Jones
Louise Flood
1. Welcome
Attendees NOTED:
FREEDOM OF
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED UNDER
Welcome and apo
THElogies (Tom Snelling, Kristy Cooper)
Acknowledgment of country
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
No new declarations of interest.
2. Presentation on Australian TTS Cases
Attendees:
NOTED a presentation on Australian Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
(TTS) cases from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
DISCUSSED TTS outcome including risk of death and morbidity
DISCUSSED classification and tiers including a need to simply explain to consumers
the potential outcomes of TTS
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4. Next steps
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ATAGI members:
AGREED to change the age recommendation for COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca to
indicate that Pfizer is the preferred vaccine for people under 60 years of age
(Attachment A).
NOTED ATAGI’s recommendations would be refined and confirmed at ATAGI
Meeting #81 (17 June 2021) as the first agenda item and provided to Government
following endorsement.
This change would be rapidly communicated by the Government.
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(CTH)
1982
ACT
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UNDER
(CTH)
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ACT
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BEEN HEALTH
HAS INFORMATION
OF
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FREEDOM
DEPARTMENT
THIS
THE THE
BY
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