364 Public Servants Stood Down As Northern Territory Vaccine Mandate Come Into Force

Parliament House is lit up at dusk in State Square on October 6, 2013 in Darwin, Australia. Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images

The Northern Territory Government has stood down 364 public servants who would not comply with the local government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which required all public servants to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine by Nov. 13.

This came on the back of the Chief Health Officer’s (CHO) health direction No.55, which states that the COVID-19 vaccination is now mandatory for any worker or volunteer who has contact with the public at their workplace. It also includes workers who perform “work that is necessary for the operation or maintenance of essential infrastructure or essential logistics in the Territory.”