Australia Covid news live update: millions more eligible for booster shot with interval reduced to four months; NSW records 5,612 cases, Victoria 2,095

0

We have seen a rise in intensive care patients in NSW in recent days, almost all of those have been unvaccinated, not even a first dose let alone a booster. So that still remains the No 1 priority for the vaccination program.

It is four weeks today since we found out about Omicron, this new variant of concern, and in those four weeks we have already gained a lot of information … particularly around severity and what is the effectiveness of vaccination programs throughout the world … As has always been our main aim of the program, is to protect those that are most at risk of severe disease. So they remain our priority …

We know two key things. One is that … protection … from the first two doses of the vaccine … wanes over time, hence the time-based change in the boosters. The positive effect of that is that we do know now that boosters do protect and increase that protection against severe disease once that third dose is given or a fourth dose in the case of immunocompromised people. So they are a given. It’s an absolute aim of the program to go forward and do that. The second reason is because boosters at this stage can help about the transmission of the virus.

Stay connected with us on social media platform for instant update click here to join our  Twitter, & Facebook

We are now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@TechiUpdate) and stay updated with the latest Technology headlines.

For all the latest Covid-19 News Click Here 

Read original article here

Denial of responsibility! Rapidtelecast.com is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.
Leave a comment