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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Melissa Davey, Michael McGowan and Benita Kolovos

Requiring booster shots in Australia would send message it’s ‘essential’, WHO adviser says

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World Health Organization advisory group member Prof Ross Gordon has said mandating a Covid vaccine booster shot is important. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Requiring three doses for full Covid vaccination would “send a clear signal that it is essential, rather than simply a matter of choice and personal responsibility”, a member of a World Health Organization advisory group said.

Though the national cabinet is still awaiting advice from Australia’s independent expert group on vaccination, Atagi, as to whether people should only be considered fully vaccinated against Covid after three doses, the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, had been pre-empting Atagi’s advice.

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