SBS Sinhala current affair 12 July 2022 : Instructions to get the 4th covid shot to reduce Omicron deaths in Australia

Listen to the SBS Sinhala feature on the latest covid updates including the fourth covid vaccine in Australia

Hotel Quarantine worker Zuby Daryau is being vaccinated during a rollout of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine at STARS Metro Source: AAP Image/Dan Peled

Highlights

•  Another seven and a half million Australians can get the fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine with everyone over the age of 30 now eligible.
• There are now almost 300,000 active virus cases across the country... with close to 4,000 hospitalised... and more than 140 in intensive care.
• There's a new Omicron sub-variant - B.A5 - and it's threatening to become dominant.
• vice-president of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Chris Moy is concerned we're heading for another spike.