All people in Australia aged 18 and older who have not been infected with Covid-19 or have not obtained a dose of the vaccine in the past six months will be eligible for a booster from February 20.
An immunization advisory group, ATAGI, has decided healthy children or adolescents do not need additional doses of vaccine, unless they have a health condition that puts them at risk of severe illness.
Health Minister Mark Butler said there were currently about 14 million Australians who had undergone more than six months since their last dose of the vaccine.
