Some Australians will soon be able to get a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose, while pre-flight testing requirements for international arrivals will be scrapped:
/Australia has recorded another 16 COVID-19-related deaths as the nation's peak immunisation advisory body releases new advice on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, while travel restrictions are set to ease further.Victoria reported nine COVID-19-related fatalities and there were seven reported in NSW on Friday.Australia's COVID-19 cases are surging as Omicron BA.2 'gains momentum'.
There are 253 people with COVID-19 in Victorian hospitals. Some 19 are in ICU, including four on ventilators.The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation has recommended a second booster be administered for Australians over 65, Indigenous Australians over 50, those in disability care and those who are immunocompromised over the age of 16.The ATAGI advice recommends the second booster be given to those groups between four and six months after the first booster.
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