Te Whatu Ora issues Covid booster reminder

Morning Report

English - December 12, 2023 18:41 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Te Whatu Ora is reminding those eligible for Covid boosters to book them in before Christmas. New Zealand has been experiencing another wave of COVID-19 over the last few weeks with hospitalisations creeping back up. Last week Medsafe approved boosters for the XBB 1.5 strain which dominated this winter, but now only makes up about a fifth of cases. Te Whatu Ora's Doctor Nicholas Jones spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss.