NSW Health deputy secretary Susan Pearce was at this morning’s coronavirus update, and encouraged people to attend the state’s mass vaccination clinics if they are eligible for their booster shot.
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“We have the capacity to do a lot more,” she says.
“It’s awful for us to see the bookings in our clinics to go begging – we’d really like to see all of those bookings absolutely full.
“We have plenty of supply of vaccines for the booster doses.”
About 50 per cent of NSW’s eligible population has not received a booster shot.
On a positive note, Ms Pearce said yesterday was the state’s biggest vaccination day for the five to 11 age group, with 4700 children vaccinated.
As of Friday, the interval between second and booster doses for people aged 18 and over will be cut in NSW from four months to three at state-run vaccination hubs. Victoria has made the same change immediately.
The federal government had set out a timetable to cut the booster interval from four months to three months from January 31, and this timetable will remain in place for bookings through GPs or pharmacies.
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