Thursday, 1 April 2021

Australia's Covid vaccine rollout in aged care labelled a 'shemozzle'

‘Our prime minister should have given his jab to a nurse,’ co-founder of advocacy group says

The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations in aged care “has been a shemozzle”, with some residents and staff in homes throughout Australia still not being given any indication of when they might receive their first dose, according to the researcher and co-founder of the advocacy group Aged Care Reform Now, Dr Sarah Russell.

Her criticism comes as data from the federal Department of Health shows that residents at less than a third of aged care facilities have received the vaccine.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/31G64E4

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