COVID-19 booster vaccine advice

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To receive the best protection against serious illness or death from COVID-19, you should get all recommended doses for your age or individual health needs. Boosters are important to maintain protection.

 

Booster doses are free for everyone.

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All adults can get a booster if it’s been 6 months or longer since their last COVID-19 booster or confirmed infection (whichever is most recent). Boosters give extra protection against severe illness from COVID.

 

The Australian Government has accepted a recommendation about COVID-19 vaccines. All adults aged 75 years and older should receive an extra 2023 COVID-19 vaccine dose if six months have passed since their last dose.

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This particularly includes people at higher risk of severe illness, like:

• adults aged 65-74 years

• everyone 18 years and over with medical comorbidities, disability or complex health needs.

 

Children and young people aged 5 to 17 years can consider getting a booster dose if:

• they have a health condition that put them at risk of severe illness, and

• if it’s been 6 months since their last dose or COVID-19 infection. 

 

Your doctor can help you decide if your child should receive a booster.

 

Booster doses are not recommended at this time for children and adolescents under 18 years of age who do not have any risk factors for severe COVID-19.

 

All vaccines are approved for use in Australia and continue to give strong protection against serious illness from COVID-19. Omicron-specific bivalent vaccines are preferred for boosters.

 

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NB. Vaccinations available to individuals over 12 years of age.

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