Australians should disregard everything they were told about two vaccine doses providing sufficient protection against COVID-19 infection and quickly seek out a booster shot amid a growing wave of new cases.
That was the blunt warning from NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant on Tuesday, as authorities express concern about infection and reinfection risk from the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants and rising winter influenza illness.
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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
