BREAKING: The federal government will reduce the interval between people's second COVID-19 vaccine dose and booster shot to four months following advice from ATAGI.
The federal government will reduce the interval between people's second and booster COVID-19 vaccine to four months following advice from The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation .
Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Friday the interval will reduce from five to four months from 4 January and to three months from 31 January. "On the basis of advice of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, it's no surprise we will be bringing forward the eligibility for the booster dose to four months as of 4 January," he said.
"Currently that means that we will go from about 3.2 million people who are eligible today to approximately 7.5 million who will be eligible as of 4 January. That means that the cohort has expanded. "It will be expanded again on 31 January to three months and that will take it out to 16 million Australians who will be eligible at that point in time."ATAGI had recently advised reducing the interval from six months to five months, and has been undergoing constant review of international evidence, Mr Hunt said.
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