LEILA MCKINNON: Let's bring in Chief Medical Officer Professor, Paul Kelly, in Canberra. A busy person, but back on the show.
Look, good thing we were so slow with that vaccine rollout?PAUL KELLY: Well, you know, we're looking to roll out the vaccine as quickly as we can.
But, as we've always said, safety is our first priority here and this is just another example of that. We've been looking at this issue that's been emerging in Europe and the UK over the last couple of weeks.
We had our first local case late last week in Melbourne, and as more information came to light, and as our medical experts met and gave advice just after 7:00 last night.