A change to the interval between the second and third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has resulted in more than four million Australians becoming eligible for the booster shot.
Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Monday the interval between the second and third jabs was being reduced down to three months nationally, enabling 4.2 million to immediately become eligible for the booster.
"But what this means is an extra 4.2 million people will be eligible for boosters as of today. We will go from approximately 11.5 million people who are eligible to 15.7 million people who are eligible." "Already in terms of our boosters we've had 7.76 million people who had their boosters and that's 67.5 per cent of the currently eligible population and it's already 49 per cent when you look at the expanded eligible population as of today," Mr Hunt said.
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