🇦🇺 Australia: Millions of Aussies ruled ineligible for improved COVID vaccines.
Millions of Australians will be denied access to improved and more effective COVID-19 vaccines despite the rising wave of infections.
The Federal Government has secured about 3 million doses of the XBB.1.5 vaccines. That is 1.2 million fewer than the number of Australians aged 65 and over.
Australians aged under 65 will be unable to boost their immunity with the new vaccines if they’ve already had one dose of the older vaccines. The only exception is if they are severely immunocompromised.
Those aged 75 and over were recommended to receive two doses this year. They’ll be eligible for the XBB1.5 vaccines if they’ve only had one dose so far.
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🇦🇺 Australia: Millions of Aussies ruled ineligible for improved COVID vaccines.
Millions of Australians will be denied access to improved and more effective COVID-19 vaccines despite the rising wave of infections.
The Federal Government has secured about 3 million doses of the XBB.1.5 vaccines. That is 1.2 million fewer than the number of Australians aged 65 and over.
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 This is disappointing.