Almost 40,000 waiting on booster certs due to 'administrative errors'

Brian and Gemma Foody, with daughter Molly. Gemma has still not received an updated cert, meaning the family cannot return to Australia.

Almost 40,000 people are still waiting to receive their booster certs due to administrative errors, according to the Department of Health.

While the majority of booster certs have now been issued to the 2.7m people who received their jabs, some 40,000 are trying to resolve the issue through an overburdened helpline.