As we head towards reduced restrictions, more of us are heading out and a lot of us are boosted or going to be. 

But there’s now talk we’ll need a fourth, fifth or sixth booster, and being boosted potentially for up to 10 years.  

The booster shot was initially developed to combat the Delta strain. So how long does our booster shot last? And will we be protected from other variants. 

Professor Peter Richmond is the Head of Paediatrics at The University of Western Australia’s School of Medicine and Head of the Vaccine Trials Group at the Telethon Kids Institute and he’s been looking into exactly this in his booster trial study with the Telethon Kids Institute.

As we head towards reduced restrictions, more of us are heading out and a lot of us are boosted or going to be.&nbsp;
But there&rsquo;s now talk we&rsquo;ll need a fourth, fifth or sixth booster, and being boosted potentially for up to 10 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The booster shot was initially developed to combat the Delta strain. So how long does our booster shot last? And will we be protected from other variants.&nbsp;
Professor Peter Richmond is the Head of Paediatrics at The University of Western Australia&rsquo;s School of Medicine and Head of the Vaccine Trials Group at the Telethon Kids Institute and he&rsquo;s been looking into exactly this in his booster trial study with the Telethon Kids Institute.

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