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Health Minister Mark Butler has warned the nation is facing "very real challenges" this winter as he urged Australians to stay up-to-date with their vaccinations.
People who have had a COVID-19 booster shot are far less likely to die or be hospitalised with the Omicron variant.
A Covid-19 booster shot provides 65 per cent better protection against Omicron according to the results of a study of two million people done in greater Sydney in January and February 2022.
SYDNEY - Australia is battling its first serious influenza outbreak since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving authorities struggling to persuade a vaccine-weary public to have flu shots. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In Queensland, 26 percent of blood-donor samples tested in late February contained COVID-19 antibodies.