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Health authorities ramp up COVID-19 booster and flu vaccine push as winter case numbers rise

Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly is urging anyone who can to get a COVID-19 booster and their flu shot. (ABC News: Adam Kennedy)

Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly, has issued a fresh plea to anyone who has not had either their COVID-19 booster or the flu shot to get the jabs, saying the "double whammy" of both illnesses is putting a strain on health systems. 

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