Victoria announces fast-tracking of COVID vaccinations for aged care and disability workers - ABC News

The Victorian government has announced it will fast-track COVID vaccinations for aged care and disability workers as part of a five-day blitz. 

Workers in private aged care facilities and the residential disability sector, which are managed by the Commonwealth, will be given priority access at walk-in vaccination hubs.

"We are going to be making it easier for them," Victoria's Disability, Ageing and Carers Minister Luke Donnellan said.

"We will be undertaking a five-day blitz to ensure workers in these vulnerable settings are protected against coronavirus."

The vaccination drive will be from Wednesday, June 2 to Sunday, June 6.

Mr Donnellan said the workers will have a priority lane to make the delivery quicker for them.

"This is very much about trying to stimulate that demand [from aged care workers], trying to actually get more workers, to get greater coverage of the private aged care sector and also the disability sector," he said.

"We have concerns that there isn't enough coverage so that's very much why we're stepping in."

"This is very much a call to arms of those workers who are on the frontline."

The following vaccination centres are participating in the five-day blitz:

• Royal Exhibition Building
• Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
• Sandown Racecourse
• Melbourne Showgrounds
• Former Ford Factory – Geelong
• Bendigo Community Clinic
• Ballarat Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre
• Shepparton Showgrounds – McIntosh Centre
• Traralgon Racecourse
• Wodonga Vaccination Hub

More to come.

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