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The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity is a research institute located in
Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
, Australia. The Doherty Institute is named after the name of Laureate Professor
Peter C. Doherty Peter Charles Doherty (born 15 October 1940) is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate. Doherty received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zink ...
(Nobel prize winner in 1996). This institute is a joint venture between The
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and The
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.


COVID-19 response


Modelling Report for National Cabinet

Doherty Institute has advised the Australian government for the transition to nation reopening based upon the vaccination progress in the modelling report. This 4-
phase transition In physics, chemistry, and other related fields like biology, a phase transition (or phase change) is the physical process of transition between one state of a medium and another. Commonly the term is used to refer to changes among the basic Sta ...
plan depends upon the percentage (70%/*80%) of the fully vaccinated eligible population(16 years or older). In February 2022, the Doherty Institute advised against periodic six-month boosters.


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* *{{cite news , title=Doherty Institute boss says rapid antigen tests should be free in Australia , url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/04/doherty-institute-boss-says-rapid-antigen-tests-should-be-free-in-australia , access-date=19 April 2022 , work=the Guardian , date=4 January 2022 , language=en Medical research institutes in Melbourne University of Melbourne