ATAGI may recommend fifth COVID-19 vaccine

The Australian Technical Advisory group (ATAGI) may recommend a fifth COVID-19 vaccine to fight-off the latest wave of the virus.

It comes as Victoria recorded 10,226 cases in the week to Friday, November 4.

That’s a 20.1 per cent increase on the previous week, with new subvariants of Omicron believed to be fueling the surge.

However, Deakin University Professor Catherin Bennett said the decision to recommend a fifth jab will not be made solely on rising case numbers.

“They’ll watch transmission, but they’ll also watch the impact to make a call if they think that the waning for the people most vulnerable is at the point it’s starting to compromise their protection of severe illness,” she said on 3AW Mornings.

“That’s what would drive a decision to bring forward the next call out for a booster.”

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