While almost 90 per cent of all Australians have received the first two doses, rates for the booster shot are below 50 per cent of the population.
Professor and infectious disease paediatrician Robert Booy says with the easing of government restrictions, and the potential inaccuracy of incorrectly applied RATs, Australians who haven't already should get their booster jab.
"It's known very clearly that if you've had the third dose, you're at extremely low risk for being hospitalised and dying. The risk of hospitalisational death if you've had your third dose is at least 10 times lower. And I'm personally very grateful that I had my third dose at Christmas time. And anyone who's only had two doses so far and is waiting to get the third, should do so with alacrity."
Facing the new highly contagious BA.2 Omicron sub-variant, health authorities are appealing to Australians to come forward to get their booster shots.
In New South Wales, there are more than two million people who are eligible for the third jab who have not yet received it.
There have been over four million Covid-19 cases in Australia and almost six thousands deaths.
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