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Depending where you work, the requirement for medical certificates for sick leave varies, but what does the law say, and what other options are there?

Patients with prescriptions for antiviral drugs after catching COVID-19 are struggling to get them filled at pharmacies across Queensland, a medical association says, as increased illegibility increases demand on stocks.

Fewer than 32 per cent of five to 11-year-olds in Queensland have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, meanwhile, ventilation quality in schools remains unclear.

The Queensland government says the Commonwealth should fund more medical student placements so states can grow the nation's health workforce.