Another booster recommended to Aussies
A fourth Covid vaccine will be made available to more Australians as infections continue to soar across the country.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) met with health officials agreeing to expand the booster program to those aged over 50 as well as some eligibility for those in their 30s.
Health Minister Mark Butler is expected to make the announcement on Friday and is urging Aussies to pull up their sleeves.
“I’m very confident that, if there’s an expansion of the fourth doses by ATAGI over the next couple of days, we’ve got more than enough vaccine in the warehouses and more than enough capacity in our pharmacies in our GP surgeries to deliver that as soon as people want it,” he said.
“The real challenge is to get people lining up to get it. There’s more than five million people who are overdue their third dose, so it’s more than six months since they had their second dose.
“They’re still overdue their third dose and I encourage them to go out and get it.”
The fourth shot is currently only available for vulnerable people and Aussies aged 65 and over.
Australia is on average recording 33,000 Covid-19 cases every day.
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