Australia Flags COVID Jabs for Kids Aged Zero to Four, Senator Objects

Australia Flags COVID Jabs for Kids Aged Zero to Four, Senator Objects
An 11-year-old boy is vaccinated as his brother looks on in support at the drive-through vaccination centre at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, on Jan. 17, 2022. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
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Australian federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has flagged the possibility that children aged zero to four may become eligible for a COVID-19 jab, prompting a warning from One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts.

As Australia opens up and learns to live with COVID-19, the federal government has budgeted hundreds of millions of dollars to extend its vaccination program until the end of 2022, as it remains the position of the federal government that vaccination is “the most effective way” to prevent severe COVID-19 disease, hospitalisation, and death.

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