Winter is coming, and Australians are being warned it will bring new waves of COVID-19
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- 12 Apr 2023
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The country's top doctor has warned more COVID waves are on the way, as the government ramps up efforts to increase booster rates before winter.
The latest figures have shown one million people have received 2023 booster doses, with seven in 10 of those being over the age of 60.
A new ad campaign will be rolled out this weekend in an attempt to get the booster rate higher.
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said increasing booster levels were critical before predicted new waves of the virus in coming months.
What does the latest COVID-19 report say?
"(The most recent wave) was the first wave that we've had more than one circulating virus and that so-called soup of viruses was new and makes it more difficult to predict what is going to happen in the next wave or even the timing of the next wave," he said in Canberra on Thursday.
"We will see more waves. We've got a ripple at the moment, whether that will turn into a wave ... it's difficult to predict at this stage, but certainly there has been an increase in numbers over the last few weeks." Read More..
