300,000 Australians to Be Vaccinated as Supermarket Giants Unveil Sweeping Mandate for Staff

A Woolworths truck is parked outside a Coles Supermarket in Melbourne, Australia, on May 25, 2015. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Australia’s largest supermarket chains, Coles, Woolworths, and Aldi, have announced a vaccine mandate for all employees, encompassing around 300,000 individuals.

The three grocery chains made the announcement on the same day, Oct. 21, amid a flurry of vaccine mandates issued from Australian state governments in recent days.