170 Health Workers Stood Down in Australian State for Failing to Meet Vaccine Mandate

170 Health Workers Stood Down in Australian State for Failing to Meet Vaccine Mandate
The Royal Hobart Hospital in the CBD of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, on Tuesday, November 16, 2020. AAP Image/Chris Crerar
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The Australian state of Tasmania has announced that 99 percent of its healthcare workforce has complied with a COVID-19 vaccination mandate, leaving 170 to be stood aside, according to Jeremy Rockliff, the minister for health.

The state government’s mandate meant health employees had to receive one dose of the vaccine by Oct. 31 unless they had a medical exemption.

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