NSW Covid-19 update: the 5% of population who are unvaccinated make up 50% of ICU patients – video

NSW premier Dominic Perrottet has reiterated how important vaccination is to keeping people out of hospital, saying, ‘the numbers don’t lie’. ‘We have a vaccination rate of around 95%’, the premier said. ‘And we can see in our hospitals today … around 50% of people who will be in ICU are unvaccinated’. The premier encouraged everyone to get their booster shot. Around 40% of the eligible population in NSW have received their third shot. Nationwide, that figure is around 50%

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