Canberra Chief Minister Warns Australians May Need COVID-19 Booster Shots Forever

Staff are seen preparing AstraZeneca vaccine doses inside the Melbourne Showgrounds COVID-19 Vaccination Centre in Australia on July 20, 2021. Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr believes COVID-19 shots will be needed for the rest of people’s lives going on the history of previous pandemics.

Around 64 per cent of Canberrans have had one coronavirus jab and just over 40 per cent have had two, one of the best take-ups of the vaccination program in the country.