When are you meant to get the Covid booster vaccine? Health Minister explains

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Australians who have had Covid over summer are being urged to get a booster vaccine within weeks of their recovery.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard is frustrated that just 40 per cent of the eligible population in the state have had the booster shot, despite plentiful supplies.

He blamed mixed messaging for the slow take-up and stressed that people who've had Covid-19 can safely get their booster jab soon after recovering from the virus.

'The booster is what will slow the transmission, but also reduce the likelihood of the severe illness, so for everybody who is eligible, please go and get the booster as quickly as possible,' Mr Hazzard told ABC TV on Friday.