Now we face another disaster in aged care thanks to the Federal Government's inept vaccine rollout.
We also face an extended lockdown in Victoria for the same reason with the economic and social cost that entails.
Victoria’s latest outbreak exposes failure to fully protect care homes as woman who lost both parents to coronavirus adds to criticism of vaccination strategy
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The plans for staff vaccination
have shifted repeatedly. Initially they were to be given the jab by in-reach teams separate to those sent in to vaccinate residents.
The in-reach program is run by private contractors, though the federal government has repeatedly refused to give even basic details about how much they are being paid.
When those in-reach teams for aged care staff failed to materialise, workers
began using leftover Pfizer vaccinations not used on residents, which then left them in limbo when attempting to get their hands on a second dose.
The government promised to
set up pop-up vaccination hubs for aged care workers, which did not eventuate for months and, even now, have been
established in only three of a promised 13 locations, all of which are in Sydney.
Now, the government is telling aged care staff to secure their own vaccinations, either from their general practitioner, from a state-run or commonwealth-run vaccination hub, or through the Sydney pop-up hubs. They can also choose to wait for in-reach teams.
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