Six weeks before deadline, Australian government has no plan for enforcing aged care worker vaccinations theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
But the departmentâs daily data releases do not give specific figures on the vaccination of either the aged care workforce or those in disability care, two areas where the rollout is lagging badly.
Both cohorts were included in the highest-priority group â phase 1a â but the rollout plan has since shifted repeatedly.
Initially, aged care workers were to receive their jab from an in-reach team, which visited their facility separately to aged care residents. The in-reach teams, in many cases, did not show up, and staff were left in limbo.
As recently as last month, the federal government still did not have a clear plan for vaccinating aged care workers under the age of 50.