COVID-19 booster shots called to be mandate in Aussie state

COVID-19 booster shots called to be mandate in Aussie state

COVID-19 booster shots called to be mandate in Aussie state
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SYDNEY – Premier of Australia’s Victoria Daniel Andrews on Thursday urged residents of the state to get a COVID-19 booster vaccine, saying it was not an “optional extra.”

Andrews said he was hopeful the national framework would embrace “practical scientific reality” to mandate booster shots, as a third dose was necessary to “protect against severe illness.”

“To be properly protected, you need three doses. That is what the experts tell us and what I expect the National Cabinet (meeting) to reflect today,” Andrews said.

“I want to be really clear with everybody, this is not two plus an optional extra. It is three doses in order to be protected against severe illness as well as to minimize the likelihood of you getting the virus or giving the virus to someone else.”

The Victoria health department reported 21,966 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths on Thursday. The total number of active cases in the state is currently 246,894, with 1,206 patients in hospitals.

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Victoria announced on Wednesday to cut the booster dose interval to three months. Currently, about 27 percent of eligible adults have had the booster in the state.

Meanwhile, the state of New South Wales (NSW), the epicenter of Australia’s COVID-19 outbreak, saw an encouraging slight drop in the daily increase of new cases and hospitalizations on Thursday.

NSW reported 30,825 new infections, 25 deaths and 2,781 hospitalizations on Thursday, compared to 32,297 cases, 32 deaths and 2,863 hospitalizations the previous day.

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