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ATAGI to review COVID-19 booster program amid omicron threat

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief
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The country’s COVID-19 booster program could be sped up as a result of the newest virus variant, as Health Minister Greg Hunt confirmed all known cases in Australia remained asymptomatic.

Public health experts and governments around the world are scrambling to assess the risk from the newly identified omicron variant, designated by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern at the weekend.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
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