Proof of COVID vaccination could be condition of entry to Australia
Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 could become a condition of entry to Australia, the national roll out plan for the jab reveals. Where you can get inoculated is also revealed.
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CHILDREN could get vaccinated against COVID-19, while people will be able to pop into their GP or even a pharmacy to get the jab, it has been revealed in the national plan to protect Australia from the deadly virus.
It revealed that in the event of an outbreak, any vaccine could be administered to use to “ring fence” the hot spot.
While it will not be mandatory, the Federal Government may use proof of vaccination as “a border entry or re-entry requirements”.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned people to ignore misinformation and go to their doctor, not “Doctor Google” for information on vaccines.
With any large scale vaccine roll out still months away, and much of Europe and the US in the throes of second and third waves, Mr Morrison warned it would be a long time before international borders opened in any scale, saying “we’re not going to compromise on the safety side”.
The return of international students is also a long way of as hotel quarantine spaces are being prioritised for Australians.
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Australia’s review into its national contract tracing and outbreak containment system, also released to the cabinet, will be shared with US President-elect Joe Biden at his request after his talk with Mr Morrison on Thursday.
The national vaccine rollout plan was endorsed by the National Cabinet on Friday.
“It’s another sign together as a country we are working to prepare ourselves to be able to disseminate and administer these vaccines all around the country when they are ready, when they have passed the necessary TGA approvals and to ensure they are safe,” Mr Morrison said.
Under the vaccine roll out plan it was confirmed the first people to receive the jab will be health and aged care workers, vulnerable Australians including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, the elderly and those with disabilities, as well as essential service personal and “key positions required for societal functioning”.
Locations of where people will be able to get the vaccine now include GP clinics, fever clinics, dedicated vaccine clinics to be set up, some workplace vaccinations in high-risk environments like hospitals as well as nurse vaccinators trained up and sent to aged care facilities.
It is also possible they will be administered at pharmacies and schools as the rollout continues.
“To achieve population wide coverage it is likely that all or most of the above will need to be utilised over several months,” the rollout plan states.
“Locations that have medical practitioners on-site are preferred for the first three to six months of the roll out of any COVID-19 vaccine in case of adverse events.”
Originally published as Proof of COVID vaccination could be condition of entry to Australia
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