These countries are making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory
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Australia
Australia decided in late June to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for high-risk aged-care workers and employees in quarantine hotels.
It has also made vaccinations obligatory for Paralympic athletes heading to Tokyo because unvaccinated members on the team could pose a health risk.
UK
It will be mandatory for care home workers in England to have Covid-19 vaccinations from October.
English nightclubs and other venues with large crowds will require patrons to present proof of full vaccination from the end of September.
Canada
Canada s Treasury Board Secretariat said on 20 July it was considering whether Covid-19 vaccines should be required for certain roles and positions in the federal government, according to CBC News.
“I understand concern to protect people from Delta variant, but we cannot accept countries that used global supply of vaccines using more of it," WHO chief said
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The World Health Organisation called for a halt on booster shots of coronavirus vaccines through at least September, as poorer countries struggle to access doses, even for high-risk populations such as healthcare workers and the elderly.
“We cannot and we should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it while the world’s most vulnerable people remain unprotected,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) at a news conference.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the poorer countries need the vaccine now.
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Tedros said the focus for now should be meeting the UN health agency’s goal of 10 per cent vaccination coverage in every country by the end of September. So far, more than 80 per cent of vaccine doses globally have gone to high and upper-middle income countries that represent less than half of the world’s population.
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