Health workers in Victoria expected to get COVID-19 booster shots from next month

It comes amid concern about declining immunity among those workers vaccinated at the beginning of the rollout
Geir O'Rourke
Dr Roderick McRae
Dr Roderick McRae.

Frontline health workers caring for COVID-19 patients in Victoria could get a booster vaccine dose from next month.

There are urgent calls for a booster program targeting doctors and nurses amid emerging international evidence that vaccinated populations are increasingly susceptible to the Delta variant as a result of waning immune responses.