Anti-vaxxer Home and Away actress Isabel Lucas is DROPPED as an ambassador for a girls' charity after her outrageous response to Pete Evans about coronavirus vaccines

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Anti-vaxxer Home and Away actress Isabel Lucas has been dropped as a charity ambassador for her comments on coronavirus vaccines.

The 35-year-old actress was slammed alongside surfer Taj Burrow for promoting alternative medicines as an answer to the COVID-19 pandemic in response to an Instagram post by controversial celebrity chef Pete Evans.

Lucas said she 'didn't trust the path of vaccination' while Burrow, 41, claimed that vaccines are 'not needed' despite the coronavirus outbreak.

Plan International Australia, a charity for girls' equality, announced on March 27 Lucas would join as an ambassador for girls' rights.

But after less than a month, the charity and actress agreed to end the ambassadorship.

Anti-vaxxer Home and Away actress Isabel Lucas (pictured) has been dropped as a charity ambassador after sharing coronavirus conspiracy theories

The charity announced the decision on Twitter on Wednesday in the wake of Lucas' controversial coronavirus comments

Plan International Australia, a charity for girls' equality, announced on March 27 Lucas would join as an ambassador for girls' rights

The charity announced the decision on Twitter on Wednesday in the wake of Lucas' controversial coronavirus comments.

A Twitter user wrote: 'Are you aware your ambassador, actress Isabel Lucas, is one of these conspiracy theorists stoking fears during this crisis? She's also anti-vaccination... go figure.'

Plan International Australia replied: 'We are aware of the issues and as of today, Ms Lucas and Plan International have come to a mutual agreement to end the ambassadorship.'

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Plan International Australia for comment. 

The actress said she was proud to join the charity as an ambassador on March 27.

'As we head into an uncertain future and particularly as COVID-19 is starting to impact the countries where Plan International works, it's more important than ever before to support the work, particularly protecting girls in crisis and facilitating hygiene kits for families,' she said.

'It inspires me that Plan International empowers girls to speak up and to know their rights and that they work with girls at different stages: from girlhood, to adulthood.' 

The controversial comments from Lucas and Burrow came in response to an Instagram post by TV chef and alternative medicine supporter, Pete Evans.

Lucas was slammed for claiming she 'does not trust the path of vaccination' in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

In response to celebrity chef Pete Evans' own criticism of potential vaccines against COVID-19, Lucas said: 'Freedom of choice is every humans right. I don't trust the path of vaccination'

Australian surfing champion Taj Burrow is another to be criticised for his skepticism of the need for a vaccine for COVID-19 

Earlier this week Evans claimed that a special lamp - which costs $15,000 - could aid in stopping coronavirus, comments that were promptly rubbished by the Australian Medical Association.

Lucas and Burrow's latest claims follow them spruiking conspiracy theories on how the 5G network - which is being rolled out globally - has direct links to COVID-19 and other illnesses.

YouTube videos linking the ultra-fast technology to the virus have gained momentum in recent weeks, racking up hundreds of thousands of views and comments online. 

Lucas has an entire subcategory on her Instagram account dedicated to the theories, and has voiced her criticism for the network to her 189,000 followers.

She compared the movement questioning the safety of 5G technology to the #MeToo movement for sexual harassment.

'Why has it been proven that microwave radiation (EMF) is a powerful immune suppressant, harmful to humans, animals, plants - yet telco companies are installing the towers on top of schools, hospitals and near our homes... whilst we are in lockdown?,' she asked her followers.

These claims have been debunked by medical experts and technological experts. 

Deborah Knight slammed Lucas and Burrow on 2GB on Wednesday. 'I don't want to give these people oxygen, really, but we've got to call out these so-called celebrities and their latest stupid comments about vaccine,' she said

Deborah Knight slammed Lucas and Burrow for their stance on 2GB on Wednesday.  

'I don't want to give these people oxygen, really, but we've got to call out these so-called celebrities and their latest stupid comments about vaccines,' she said.

'They're so wrong, dangerous too. Spouting this dodgy health advice that some impressionable young people might actually listen to because they've got quite the following.'

Knight read out Lucas' comment on Evans' Instagram post and declared it to be 'utter stupidity'.  

'I mean no medical fact at all and good luck if you get whooping cough or measles or polio or mumps or rubella, things that vaccines stop, things that vaccines save lives,' she said.  

Australian Medical Association federal councillor Dr Antonio Di Dio described both Lucas and Burrow's actions as irresponsible.

'Individuals who have a voice such as celebrities have a responsibility to use that voice appropriately at all times, but especially at a time like this,' Dr Di Dio told The Daily Telegraph.

Pete Evans has been criticised for spruiking a $15,000 lamp for curing coronavirus

But he pointed out that despite their support of each other, there was a significant difference between the actions of Lucas and Burrow, to those of Evans.

Lucas regularly encourages her social media followers to 'make their own choices'.

'(Lucas and Burrow are) not claiming to be something that they are not; they're not claiming to be scientists or doctors or researchers or professors of medicine,' he said.

'What Pete Evans is doing is claiming that he has a product that works to cure coronavirus and that is a whole different level of responsibility, and carries with it a whole different burden of what he needs to prove.'

The My Kitchen Rules chef promoted his BioCharger NG Subtle Energy Platform on Instagram last week, describing it as a 'hybrid subtle energy revitalisation platform'.

Evans claimed he and his family use the 'non-invasive' lamp 'pretty much every day'.

Isabel Lucas is encouraging people to keep an open mind while explaining that she doesn't trust the new 5G network

'It works to optimize your health, wellness, and athletic performance by aligning and balancing the energy of every cell in your body,' he said.

Evans also said the lamp is programmed with thousands of recipes with 'a couple on there for Wuhan coronavirus that you may be interested in'.

There is no evidence it has any effect on the virus.

The Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA) has since announced it would investigate the device and how it has been promoted online.

Evans was slammed by the Australian Medical Association for spruiking the machine.

'This guy just doesn't get it. Pete Evans is trying to sell a $15,000 fancy light machine to vulnerable and frightened people to protect them against COVID-19,' a spokesman for the AMA said on Twitter.

'He is not a doctor. He is not a scientist. He is a chef.'