Vic Chief Health Officer Denies Involvement in Push to Mandate Boosters

Vic Chief Health Officer Denies Involvement in Push to Mandate Boosters
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton at the daily press conference in Melbourne, Australia on October 22, 2021. Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
Marina Zhang
Updated:

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has denied that he was involved in the state premier’s push to mandate the third vaccine at the public hearing of the Pandemic Declaration Accountability and Oversight Committee on Jan. 31.

The committee, which was created as part of the controversial pandemic bill that passed parliament on Dec. 2, allows the state premier and health minister to declare a pandemic order under the advice of the chief health officer.

Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health writer for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She mainly covers stories on COVID-19 and the healthcare system and has a bachelors in biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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