Think Tank Calls for ‘Ambitious Targets’ to Close Vaccination Gap

Published on November 27, 2023

The number of Australians getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and other serious diseases has decreased, a new report found. Millions of older Australians at high risk of serious illness are not getting vaccinated against COVID, flu, shingles, and pneumococcal disease, according to the Grattan Institute report, A fair shot: How to close the vaccination gap. “COVID vaccination rates have plunged. In December 2021, more than 90 percent of high-risk adults had been vaccinated for COVID in the previous six months. Today, it is just 27 percent,” reads a statement by the Institute on Nov. 26. “The consequences are deadly,” said report lead author and Grattan Institute Health Program Director Peter Breadon....

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