Omicron and benefits of the vaccines in Australia

At a press conference the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said that the advice from Professor Paul Kelly, the Federal Chief Medical Officer is that Australia is in the early stages of the highly transmissible variant – Omicron, and that the “advice continues to be that all of our vaccines provide strong, clear protection against serious illness, hospitalisation and loss of life,” with the evidence on transmissibility still “under consideration”. On the back of the “international evidence” we are “cautiously optimistic that the Omicron variant is showing clear signs of being milder.”

The Australian borders to open on December 15 to students and skilled workers.