Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic since the first COVID-19 case was detected in the country two years ago, with 98 fatalities confirmed on Friday:
NSW Ambulances park in the receiving bay for the Emergency Department at the Liverpool Hospital in Sydney.Australia has recorded its highest death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic since the first case was detected in the country two years ago, with 98 fatalities confirmed on Friday.
It comes as the eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots were expanded to 16 and 17-year-olds, after the medical regulator gave provisional approval for the age group to receive a third dose. The waiting time between second and third doses will also shorten from four months to three months from Monday, allowing more people to get the booster.There have been more than 7.3 million COVID-19 boosters administered across the country, with two-thirds of those eligible having received theirs.
"We know that an initial infection does potentially provide you with a small amount of protection from COVID, but we really don't yet know how much," she said. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck, after it was revealed he chose to attend the cricket over a COVID-19 committee hearing when 40 per cent of the system was in lockdown.
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