National cabinet makes jabs compulsory for aged care workers and AstraZeneca available for all who want it
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
All workers in residential aged care facilities will be required to have at least a first COVID vaccination by mid-September under a decision at an emergency national cabinet meeting on Monday night.
And in a major move to speed up the lagging rollout, the AstraZeneca vaccine will be available to anyone who wishes to have it.
This effectively makes vaccinations immediately available to the whole adult population.