Australian Council for International Development calls for priority vaccine access for Australia's diplomatic staff

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Australia’s peak foreign aid body has urged the government to give its diplomats and consular staff posted overseas priority access to COVID-19 vaccines, saying it has a responsibility to protect Commonwealth employees putting themselves at risk on the nation’s behalf.
The Australian Council for International Development said any failure to give Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade employees working in some of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus swift access to a vaccine “threatens Australia’s national interest”.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Frances Adamson and Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
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DFAT staff are able to access the vaccine through local rollouts but many programs are plagued by supply problems and delays and some countries are only using vaccines that have not been approved for use in Australia.

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