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Australians under lockdown have been urged to receive a second AstraZeneca dose within eight weeks of their first jab.
Sydney is in the grips of an ongoing outbreak, with NSW reporting 38 new local coronavirus cases as the city and surrounds prepare for at least a third week of stay-at-home orders.
A 12-week gap between AstraZeneca jabs has been recommended as the most effective way to protect people.
But Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants people in the worst-affected areas who have received a first jab to make second dose appointments closer to eight weeks.
But Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants people in the worst-affected areas who have received a first jab to make second dose appointments closer to eight weeks
He said his latest recommendation was consistent with the advice of the expert immunisation panel ATAGI.
In the three Sydney councils with the most infections, about half of those aged over
