Health Minister Greg Hunt says there are no plans at this stage to make Australians have a coronavirus booster shot to allow them to travel.

“Everything is always under review but there’s no plan to change that requirement at this stage,” Mr Hunt told ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday.

“But as we’ve done throughout, we’ll continue to follow the medical advice. That’s how we’ve had one of the lowest rates of loss of life in the world, one of the highest rates of vaccination.”

Australia’s third dose booster program has been running for a week and already 250,000 people have had the jab.

People who are embarking on an international trip will now be able to buy duty free.

“Duty free is back on. It’s an incremental but important step,” Mr Hunt said.

“We’re opening retail and removing the biosecurity determination which prevents retail in international terminals.”

Mr Hunt expects Pfizer vaccinations for children aged five to 11 years will be available in early January, subject to the approval of the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the Australia Technical Advisory Group in Immunisation.

He said US clinical trials have only involved a few thousand children.

“At this stage, to the best of my knowledge, only the United States has provided an emergency approval for children 5-11,” Mr Hunt said.

He said the TGA and ATAGI do not want to cut corners on the study.

“But they want to go as quickly as possible, which is what we’re doing. The expectation that they have set is the first part of January, hopefully early January. But it is in the hands of the medical experts,” he said.

Meanwhile, Victoria recorded 905 new COVID-19 infections, 300 fewer than announced on Saturday, and four more virus-related deaths.

NSW announced 195 new cases and one death, while there were 15 new cases in the ACT and none in Queensland.

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