https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/booster-plan-nsw-residents-told-...BOOSTER PLAN: NSW residents told to
‘get used to’ periodic COVID jabs for YEARS to come
Angelo Risso
AAP/7NEWS
Published: Monday, 30 August 2021 2:46 PM AEST
NSW will probably inoculate its residents against COVID-19 periodically for years to come, the state’s chief health officer says, as daily infections hit another high and four more people die.
The state reported a record 1290 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday.
The four deaths include a man in his 50s in Dubbo, two men in their 70s and a woman in her 60s.
The Western NSW Local Health District on Monday confirmed the Dubbo man was Indigenous. He was unvaccinated.
The death toll for the current NSW outbreak now sits at 93, with the national toll for the entire COVID-19 pandemic surpassing 1000.
The NSW government on Sunday committed to restoring personal freedoms to fully vaccinated residents once the state hits 70 per cent double-dose coverage, regardless of COVID-19 case numbers.
This is expected in roughly mid-October.
As of Saturday, 66 per cent of eligible NSW residents had received at least one vaccine dose and 35.9 per cent were fully vaccinated.
‘We need to get used to being vaccinated with COVID vaccines for the future’