COVID-19 Update: Three jabs ‘more likely than not’ to be required for full vaccination

This is your update on the Coronavirus in Australia for February 3.

A woman is seen receiving a vaccination at a Cohealth pop-up vaccination clinic at the State Library Victoria, in Melbourne.

A woman is seen receiving a vaccination at a Cohealth pop-up vaccination clinic at the State Library Victoria, in Melbourne. Source: AAP

  • Children aged 16 and 17 are now eligible to receive their third COVID-19 jab as the total number of booster shots administered in Australia passes 8.4 million.
  • Health Minister Greg Hunt says it’s “more likely than not” that Australia's primary vaccine advisory body, ATAGI, will determine full vaccination status must include a booster shot.
  • Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is calling on Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck resign over his handling of the sector during the COVID-19 outbreak.
  • The nation’s Chief Medical Officer warns the Omicron wave will not be the last coronavirus variant but believes Australia has past the peak of the current outbreak.
  • However, he expects a new COVID-19 outbreak this winter and the return of a flu outbreak for the first time since 2020.
  • In Western Australia, hundreds of students and dozens of staff at three schools have been forced into isolation for two weeks, just days into the new school term. There were 19 new cases of Coronavirus reported in the state.
  • New Zealand will begin to reopen its borders on 27 February under a five-step plan that will see the country fully reopened to international travellers in October.

COVID-19 Stats:

NSW reported 2,578 patients have been hospitalised with 160 in intensive care, 38 new deaths, and 12,632 new cases of COVID-19.

In Victoria, 752 people are hospitalised, including 82 in ICU. There were 34 deaths and 12,157 new infections.

In Queensland, there are 749 people in hospital including 47 in intensive care, 9 deaths and 8,643 new cases.

In SA, there were 1,583 new cases with 226 people in hospital.

Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory each recorded 1 death.

For measures currently in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in your language, visit 
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A number of states have set up RAT registration forms.

Quarantine and restrictions state by state

Travel

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Financial help

There are changes to the COVID-19 Disaster Payment once states reach 70 and 80 per cent fully vaccinated:  
Getting help during Covid-19 from Services Australia in language




Visit the translated resources published by NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service

Testing clinics in each state and territory

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Published 3 February 2022 1:17pm

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