A record number of coronavirus patients are in hospital in New South Wales as cases in the state continue to soar. 7NEWS
Mr Hazzard expects more people hospitalised with the highly contagious Omicron variant to show up in health data in the coming weeks.now eligible for their COVID booster shotThe major change, which kicked in on Tuesday, means around 7.5 million people across the country can now get their third jab.
Booster eligibility wait times will be slashed again to just three months on January 31 in a bid to protect more people from the highly infectious Omicron variant.This means around 16 million people will be eligible for their third shot at the end of the month. Australians can choose from either the Pfizer and Modena mRNA vaccines for the booster dose, regardless of which they had for their first two shots.
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