Omicron's here: should boosters be brought forward urgently?
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English - December 16, 2021 20:05 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A Covid modeller says the virus booster programme should be rolled out as soon as possible saying without it, we could see tens of thousands of cases a day of the new omicron variant. Cabinet ministers meet today to consider whether the Pfizer booster programme should be urgently brought forward. A number of countries around the world have done so and there are calls for New Zealand to follow suit. Kathryn speaks with Professor Michael Plank from the University of Canterbury, who has carried out initial modelling on what the omicron variant might mean. Also, Dr Fran Priddy is from the research group Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa.