{"id":22548,"date":"2022-03-11T18:26:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T07:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/?p=22548"},"modified":"2022-03-11T18:27:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T07:27:43","slug":"greg-hunt-confirms-some-australians-face-a-fourth-covid-booster-shot-and-one-every-year-going-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/greg-hunt-confirms-some-australians-face-a-fourth-covid-booster-shot-and-one-every-year-going-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Hunt confirms some Australians face a FOURTH Covid booster shot &#8211; and one EVERY year going forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">as plans are afoot to prepare vulnerable groups for forecasted winter surge of infections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Federal Health Minister flags a fourth Covid booster for over 65s on Friday<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Mr Hunt also revealed elderly Australians may face an annual shot\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Australians may know in weeks if they will be able to have the next booster<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Jade+Hobman+For+Daily+Mail+Australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jade Hobman For Daily Mail Australia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Andrew+Brown+For+Australian+Associated+Press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Brown For Australian Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published: 11:07 AEDT, 11 March 2022 | Updated: 12:50 AEDT, 11 March 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has flagged that older Australians may get a new Covid vaccine booster shot every year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Hunt said the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has been looking into a potential fourth vaccine shot for weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After some significant research he said ATAGI will potentially be &#8216;going to recommend a second booster&#8217; for people aged 65 and over, and an annual jab is being considered.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10600717\/Covid-booster-shots-Australia-Fourth-shots-coming-one-age-group-annual-program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/never-before.jpg?resize=841%2C691&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20262\" width=\"841\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/never-before.jpg?w=579&amp;ssl=1 579w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/never-before.jpg?resize=300%2C247&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/greg-hunt-trial.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/greg-hunt-trial.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/greg-hunt-trial.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/greg-hunt-trial.jpg?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>as plans are afoot to prepare vulnerable groups for forecasted winter surge of infections Federal Health Minister flags a fourth Covid booster for over 65s on Friday Mr Hunt also revealed elderly Australians may face an annual shot\u00a0 Australians may know in weeks if they will be able to have the next booster By Jade&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/greg-hunt-confirms-some-australians-face-a-fourth-covid-booster-shot-and-one-every-year-going-forward\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Greg Hunt confirms some Australians face a FOURTH Covid booster shot &#8211; 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