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Australia will face a new wave of COVID-19 cases similar to that currently being seen in Europe unless booster shot rates dramatically increase, a leading epidemiologist has warned.
It comes as several European nations have reimposed restrictions and lockdowns after a spike in infections as the continent heads into winter.
While case numbers were reducing in Australia as vaccination levels increase, infectious diseases expert Professor Raina MacIntyre said the country should heed the COVID situation overseas to avoid an identical situation next year.
Infectious diseases expert Professor Raina MacIntyre says Australians will now have to think of themselves as being fully vaccinated once they've had three doses (pictured, an Australian woman gets the Covid-19 jab)
"We shouldn't think that we're exceptional," Professor MacIntyre told the Nine Network on Thursday.
"We need to look at the lessons from overseas and we can avoid that."
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