‘Absolutely Critical’: Victoria Premier Pushes to Redefine Full Vaccination as Three Doses

‘Absolutely Critical’: Victoria Premier Pushes to Redefine Full Vaccination as Three Doses
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews holds a press conference at Treasury Theatre in Melbourne, Australia on Sept. 26, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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Australians might be mandated to get their third shot of the COVID-19 before being considered “fully vaccinated,” as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he was pushing for a redefinition of the term.

Speaking ahead of a meeting of the National Cabinet on Thursday, the premier said “only three doses” could help people be “properly protected against serious illness” and prepared for “whatever’s next to hit us, whether variant’s coming down the track.”

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