Millions of NSW residents will be eligible for their third jab even earlier. DETAILS:
The 40 state-run vaccine hubs from Wednesday will administer a booster shot to people three months after their second dose, reduced from four months.
The state recorded 32,297 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said almost 50 per cent of Covid patients in the state’s intensive care units were unvaccinated.NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant stressed the urgency of increasing third dose vaccination rates as quickly as possible, as the state continues to record tens of thousands of daily cases.
Health officials said 12,450 of the new infections were detected on rapid antigen tests and 19,847 were found through PCR testing.
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