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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot

Atagi expected to update advice on fifth dose of Covid vaccine within weeks

A pharmacy sign in Adelaide. ‘We should stop talking about the pandemic in the past tense,’ Prof Michael Toole, a research fellow at the Burnett Institute, says.
A pharmacy sign in Adelaide. ‘We should stop talking about the pandemic in the past tense,’ Prof Michael Toole, a research fellow at the Burnett Institute, says. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Australia’s national vaccine advisory body is expected to decide within weeks if a fifth Covid vaccine dose will be made available to more Australians this year.

Meanwhile, infectious disease physicians have urged federal and state governments to reprioritise vaccine awareness campaigns, warning the “anti-vaccine lobby seems to have the floor”.

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