NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has issued a grim warning to residents as coronavirus cases rise.
The NSW Health Minister has said it’s “crazy” to skip coronavirus vaccination boosters as the state averages about 10,000 new infections per day.
Chief health officer Kerry Chant said on Tuesday hospitalisations could get up to the numbers seen in January as the new variants of the omicron strain, BA4 and BA5, near an expected peak later this month.
“I’m concerned about this picture,” she said.
The Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, said new “pesky little variants” of the virus can infect people even if they have already been sick with Covid-19 or vaccinated, but added booster shots can protect against serious illness.
“If you have had two (doses), or one, and you don’t have number three, to put it bluntly, you’re crazy,” Mr Hazzard said on Tuesday.
The latest virus update from NSW Health showed 10,504 people reported positive tests in the 24 hours to 4pm Monday.
There were 58 people in intensive care who were infected and 14 Covid-19 positive people died.
While nearly everyone in the state aged over 16 have had at least two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, just 68.1 per cent have had three doses.
Chief health officer Kerry Chant said people should monitor advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), which could soon update its guidelines around vaccines.
More to come.
Originally published as NSW Health Minister urges residents to get coronavirus vaccine boosters as cases rise
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