
NSW considers shortening Covid booster shot interval to four months as Omicron spreads
Exclusive: State health department meets with vaccine providers about delivering more booster shots earlier
Well that didn't take long
New South Wales health officials are considering breaking with commonwealth advice by shortening the Covid vaccine booster interval to four months, amid concern about spread of the Omicron variant.
Guardian Australia understands that NSW health department officials were meeting with vaccine providers in the state on Friday and canvassing the prospect of how they would cope with an influx of people eager to be vaccinated ahead of schedule.
A source familiar with the vaccine rollout in NSW told Guardian Australia health authorities in the state were concerned about record transmission levels this week as well as a potential waning of protection, given that a large number of people in the state received AstraZeneca.
From 6 to 4 months in a week. Next week it will be down to 3 like the UK and Korea. I swear to God in a few weeks we'll be on mandatory monthly boosters.