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‘Abject failure’: only 999 out of 26,000 Australian disability care residents vaccinated
Royal commission hears just 253 residents nationwide have been vaccinated since 21 April despite being in 1a phase of the rollout
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Fewer than 1,000 people with disability in Australia’s residential care facilities have been vaccinated, despite authorities saying the roll out would ramp up in late April.
With increasing concern among the disability community about the rollout, the disability royal commission is examining the federal government’s efforts at vaccinating people with a disability who live in residential care, and the disability support workforce.
Read the original article at The Guardian