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Aged care workers won’t be forced to get COVID-19 vaccination

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Aged care workers won’t be compelled to get a COVID-19 vaccine as part of the looming national rollout, with the Morrison government instead strongly recommending take-up among the critical workforce.

Aged-care residents and workers are included in the first phase of the rollout and have access to specially designed online information and consent forms from this week.

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Carrie LaFrenz is a senior journalist covering retail/consumer goods. She previously covered healthcare/biotech. Carrie has won multiple awards for her journalism including financial journalist of the year from The National Press Club. Connect with Carrie on Twitter. Email Carrie at carrie.lafrenz@afr.com
Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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