Australian federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has flagged the possibility that children aged zero to four may become eligible for a COVID-19 jab, prompting a warning from One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts. As Australia opens up and learns to live with COVID-19, the federal government has budgeted hundreds of millions of dollars to extend its vaccination program until the end of 2022, as it remains the position of the federal government that vaccination is “the most effective way” to prevent severe COVID-19 disease, hospitalisation, and death. The extension is partly to ensure the federal government is prepared “should medical advice recommend additional population groups be vaccinated, such as children aged zero to four-years,” according to a release on March 29. Expressing full confidence in the safety and efficacy of the available COVID-19 vaccines, the federal government plans to spend more than $1 billion between 2022 and 2024 to enable Australians to …