Health Minister Greg Hunt says vaccinations for five to 11-year-olds will protect children, their families and schools.
“We're one of the first countries, as the Prime Minister has said, after the US and Canada, to begin a full, national 5- to 11-year-old rollout – as we have been with boosters – and so this is the next step in protecting Australians," Mr Hunt said during a media conference on Friday.
"It will give parents confidence, it will give parents choice, it will give children protection.
"It will give their families protection and it will give schools protection, so I think from January the 10th, we hope as many Australian 5- to 11-year-olds as possible will come forward."
