All Victoria’s Hotel Quarantine Staff To Be Vaccinated Ahead of International Flight Arrivals

All Victoria’s Hotel Quarantine Staff To Be Vaccinated Ahead of International Flight Arrivals
Passengers disembark a chartered flight at terminal 4 of Melbourne Airport on April 12, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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All frontline hotel quarantine workers will have received a COVID-19 vaccine before flights of international returnees arrive in Melbourne on April 8, the Victorian state government has confirmed.

This comes as the Andrews Labor government commits to a “reset” of the hotel quarantine program following an inquiry that found last year’s second wave and its “devastating social and economic consequences”—including over 800 associated deaths—were caused by breaches in hotel quarantine.

Henry Jom
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Henry Jom is a reporter for The Epoch Times, Australia, covering a range of topics, including medicolegal, health, political, and business-related issues. He has a background in the rehabilitation sciences and is currently completing a postgraduate degree in law. Henry can be contacted at [email protected]
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