Health
Federal Government’s aged care vaccine rollout falls behind – Daily Mercury
The Federal Government has only vaccinated a ‘small proportion’ of Queensland’s aged care workforce despite the rollout beginning more than three weeks ago.
The Federal Government has vaccinated just a quarter of Queensland’s 37,100 aged care residents against COVID-19 and is yet to begin the formal rollout to the state’s nursing home workforce.
Figures obtained by The Courier-Mail show the Federal Health Department has administered about 9,900 COVID-19 shots in more than three weeks to people in 84 Queensland aged care and disability accommodation facilities.
“While the residents are the current focus, this includes a small proportion of workers eligible…
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