Plea for Queensland to resume publishing vaccination status of Covid fatalities

Experts say data could help convince public to get booster shots as state's Covid hospitalisations reach record levels

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A leading infectious disease expert has questioned why Queensland has stopped releasing the vaccination status of Covid fatalities, as the state struggles to convince residents to get booster shots, despite record hospitalisations from the virus.

Queensland has the lowest rate of Covid booster shots in the country, with less than half the state having received a third dose.