FULL LIST: The people who have to get vaccinated under new mandatory vaccine rules

Do you have to get vaccinated under the new rules? SEE THE LIST OF INDUSTRIES AND WORKPLACES

CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner has revealed some of the strongest mandatory vaccination rules in the world will come into force on November 13.

Workers who interact with the public will be required to get the Covid-19 jab, with the mandate to come into effect on November 13.

But does that include you? Here’s the list of workforces the chief health officer has outlined:

Workers who are likely to come into contact with a vulnerable person

● Workers who work with children, such as teachers, child care workers, tutors, gym coaches and swimming instructors

● Workers who work with disabled persons, elderly persons or other persons vulnerable to infection with COVID-19, such as legal service providers, disability care workers and personal carers

● Workers who directly face customers or patients in health care and ancillary health care services

● Workers who work in a community consisting of mostly Aboriginal people (including family outstations and town camps

● Workers who provide community services

● Workers who directly face customers in retail services, financial or hospitality industries and other service industries.

● People who work in the construction industry who could come into contact with vulnerable people. ie, if you’re a lone builder never coming into contact with other contractors, vaccines are not mandated but if you go from house to house (like a plumber etc), you are required to get vaccinated

Workers who are at risk of infection with COVID-19 because they, during the course of work, are likely to come into contact with a person or thing that poses a risk of infection

● Health care workers in hospitals and emergency departments

● Police and emergency service workers

● Workers in quarantine facilities or other quarantine places

● Border control workers;

● Workers at other places to which symptomatic people may go, such as medical clinics, respiratory clinics and pharmacies.

Workplaces that pose a high risk of infection with COVID-19 include the following

● Correction and detention facilities

● Shelters for persons experiencing homelessness or other forms of adversity

● Mining sites

● Food processing and distribution facilities

● Cold storage facilities and abattoirs

● Cruise vessels as defined in direction 5 of the COVID-19 Directions (No. 5) 2021.

Workers who performs work that is necessary for the operation or maintenance of essential infrastructure or essential logistics in the Territory. These locations include

● Electricity generation facilities, electricity networks and electrical

installations

● Liquid natural gas and other gas facilities

● Water supply and distribution infrastructure

● Sewerage treatment facilities

● Telecommunications systems

● Roads

● COVID-19 emergency operations centre.

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Originally published as FULL LIST: The people who have to get vaccinated under new mandatory vaccine rules