Thousands of Australians not fully immunised

The Federal Government is offering Australians aged 19 or younger free catch-up vaccines, with data showing more than 467,000 are not fully immunised.

A doctor injects a vaccine — Almost 500,000 young Australians are not fully immunised, but can access catch-up vaccines. (AAP)

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Published 1 July 2017 10:08am

Updated 1 July 2017 6:43pm

Source: AAP

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Almost half a million young Australians - aged between 10 and 19 - are not fully immunised.

It comes as the federal government expands a program to provide free catch-up vaccines to those aged 19 or under and all refugees and humanitarian entrants.

"The expansion of the program will allow these groups to access free catch-up vaccines equivalent to those received in early childhood," Health Minister Greg Hunt said in a statement on Saturday.

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