Residents to receive fifth Covid shot

1 month ago Australian Ageing Agenda

Australia’s aged care providers will shortly be contacted by the Department of Health and Aged Care encouraging them to offer residents another Covid-19 booster vaccination. “Over the coming weeks, the Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells and I will be writing to aged care providers to advise them of the new arrangements for additional doses of Covid vaccine which, for the overwhelming bulk of aged care residents, will be their fifth dose,” said Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler at a press conference on Wednesday. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation advises that everyone in Australia aged 65 years and over should receive a 2023 booster shot. And if there are ways in which we can improve protections in aged care, we will do that.”Comment on the story below. Follow Australian Ageing Agenda on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter and subscribe to AAA magazine for the complete aged care picture.
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