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WA Covid update: Western Australia closes borders and mandates vaccine boosters – video
Western Australia has become the first state or territory to introduce mandatory Covid-19 booster shots for certain sectors of its population. Over one million WA workers will be required to get vaccine booster shots, under an expanded mandate announced by premier Mark McGowan.
McGowan says the growing threat of the Omicron variant led to the decision on boosters, ‘The third dose … is far more effective against the Omicron strain than two doses. Therefore we are now announcing changes to our vaccination program’
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Read the original article at The Guardian