The change, which comes as authorities are expected to sign off within days on a fourth Covid vaccine dose for five million Australians, is making people fearful new rules could ruin Easter.
Doctors are confident two-year-old Sydney boy Carter Cheung dies from Covid, with his father speaking out thanking the community for it s kindness and support.
Fears are growing about the latest Covid sub-variant sweeping Australia but one prominent expert says your risk of dying or getting seriously ill is now the same as Influenza .
Professor Peter Collignon said Covid case numbers in New Zealand and Hong Kong where Covid-zero policies where in place show that masks do little to reduce Omicron case numbers.
Professor Peter Collignon said a study from the US of more than a million Covid vaccinated children found Pfizer offered little protection against infection but did protect against hospitalisation.