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Low booster coverage ‘absolutely’ fuelling omicron wave

Michael Read
Michael ReadEconomics correspondent

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Australia’s low levels of third dose vaccine coverage are contributing to high rates of omicron transmission, leading epidemiologists say.

Professor Tony Blakely, an epidemiologist and public health specialist at the University of Melbourne, told The Australian Financial Review he was “a little bit alarmed that we aren’t getting more people boosted”.

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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com

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