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Austrian mayors who got leftover Covid vaccines accused of ‘queue-jumping’
Government clarifies rules on leftover doses after several local officials receive vaccine at care homes
Local governments officials in Austria have been accused of jumping the queue for Covid-19 vaccinations at care homes for elderly people, prompting the Alpine state’s government to clarify guidelines for handling leftover doses.
In the western federal state of Vorarlberg, the 65-year-old mayor of the town of Feldkirch received a first jab of the BioNTech vaccine at a care home even though Austria’s national vaccination strategy calls for a prioritisation of residents, employees and medical staff at such homes.
Read the original article at The Guardian