Australia To Cut Booster Intervals As Omicron Pushes Cases To Records
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Australia has been looking to ramp up the rollout of boosters after becoming one of the world's most-vaccinated countries against COVID-19
Australia would further shorten the wait time for people to receive their COVID-19 booster shots, Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Friday, as the country grapples with record infections fuelled by the Omicron variant.
Booster shots will be offered from Jan. 4 to everyone over 18 who had their second shot four months earlier and the interval will be again reduced to three months by the end of January.
"These dates have been set out of an abundance of caution to give Australians early continued protection," Mr Hunt said during a media conference in Canberra.
Most states had been pressing the federal government to make more people eligible for boosters to stem the growing tide of Omicron cases. Authorities two weeks ago reduced the wait time to five months from six.
