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The rules have stranded nationals overseas, split families, hammered the country s multi-billion-dollar tourist industry and prompted often bitter debates about Australia s openness to the rest of the world.
The Prime Minster phoned 84-year-old grandmother Jane Malysiak from his Parliament House office on Wednesday after the booster jabs were approved for all adults.
Australia on Friday pressed over-50s to get their coronavirus shots, as fears mounted that vaccine hesitancy could be priming the country for disaster.
Australia is one of the few countries in the world to eliminate community transmission of COVID-19, but vaccine rollout has been slow.
After chronic delivery delays, there is growing evidence that older Australians are more concerned about the AstraZeneca vaccine’s side effects than catching the virus.
Australia s Prime Minister Scott Morrison receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Castle Hill Medical Centre in Sydney on February 21, 2021. Photo: AFP
“I encourage those over 50 to get the jab,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday, “and if you are over 70, I would very much encourage you to.”