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COVID vaccine rollout delays frustrate vulnerable Australians in priority group
Any Australian over the age of 50 will be able to get a COVID vaccine from May 3, but many vulnerable Australians are frustrated that they are still yet to be vaccinated despite being in the priority group.
Key points:
- Margaret Ruff is angry her son who lives in a disability care home has not been vaccinated yet
- Jess Kapuscinski Evans says she doesn’t understand why all people over 50 will be given access before many people with a disability
- The Health Department says vaccinations in the disability sector will ramp up this week
Margaret Ruff’s son Raymond, 45, contracted meningitis as a child and is now intellectually disabled and cannot talk, he also has hemiplegia and epilepsy.
He lives in a disability care home in the Melbourne…
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