Australians with severely compromised immune systems can start receiving a COVID-19 third shot from Monday after advice from the expert panel on vaccinations, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI).
The advice relates to a wide variety of conditions such as people who may have cancer or have had an organ transplant or stem cell transplant, people living with HIV, people on medications which suppress the immune system and people born with an immunodeficiency.
Australia's Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said the third dose is designed to help the immunocompromised get as close as possible to the immune response protection of the general population.
