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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Plea for Queensland to resume publishing vaccination status of Covid fatalities

A man walks his dog alongside the Brisbane River
Queensland has the lowest rate of Covid booster shots in Australia, leading some health experts to call for health authorities to release the vaccination status of coronavirus fatalities. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A leading infectious disease expert has questioned why Queensland has stopped releasing the vaccination status of Covid fatalities, as the state struggles to convince residents to get booster shots, despite record hospitalisations from the virus.

Queensland has the lowest rate of Covid booster shots in the country, with less than half the state having received a third dose.

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