BREAKING: Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced the government will be REDUCING the booster timeline from 5 to 4 months from Jan 4, 2022. Based on the latest ATAGI advice, they will reduce the booster timeline AGAIN by the end of Jan. 9News DETAILS:
after four months from early next year, and then three months from the end of January.
Third vaccine doses will be prioritised with preference placed on people who have the bigger gap in time between doses, and the immunocompromised. "Although some early data suggest that the risk of hospitalisation due to disease caused by the Omicron variant is lower than that with the Delta variant, this difference would not be enough to offset the impact of high case numbers on the health system."
Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, also said concerns around Omicron's transmissibility fuelled the changes.
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