More than 4.1 million eligible Australians can get their second booster dose beginning today.
These eligible residents include people aged 65 and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 50, residents in aged care and disability care facilities, and people aged 16 years and older who are severely immunocompromised.
ATAGI said the fourth vaccine dose should be four months from the initial booster dose.
Residents can also book their vaccination appointments at in shopping centres and events in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Northern Territory from 4 to 10 April.
The number of active COVID-19 cases has again climbed over the 500,000 mark.
On Sunday, Australia recorded 17 COVID-19 deaths, including 11 in New South Wales (NSW) and three in Western Australia.
NSW reported six deaths and Victoria and the Australia Capital Territory reported one death each on Monday.
Victoria to ramp up the number of elective surgeries to 125 per cent of pre-pandemic levels over the next two years.
The requirement for workers in aged care and disability facilities in Tasmania is now effective from Saturday 23 April.
has recommended a nationally consistent risk-based transition to remove the requirement for close contacts of COVID-19 cases to quarantine.
It said measures that could replace quarantine after the peak impact of the BA.2 variant include:
- Frequent rapid antigen testing.
- Wearing of mask when leaving the house.
- Working from home.
- Limiting access of close contacts to high-risk settings and monitoring of symptoms.
COVID-19 Australian Stats for 4 April 2022
New South Wales: 15,572 new cases, 1,418 in hospital, 56 in ICU, six deaths
Victoria: 10,011 new cases, 305 in hospital, 17 in ICU, one death
Australian Capital Territory: 739 new cases, 45 hospital, four in ICU, zero death
Queensland: 7,707 new cases, 437 in hospital, 14 in ICU, one death
Western Australia: 6,082 cases, 231 in hospital, six in ICU, six deaths
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