Australia | Mandatory Vaccinations for Aged Care Workers
Following the cabinet meeting on 28 June 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that COVID-19 vaccinations would become mandatory for residential aged care workers. It…
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Australia | Disability Workers, Jabs to Keep Jobs
Disability support workers may soon have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus if they want to keep their jobs. A panel of health experts has…
Australia | Many Questions Over Mandatory Vaccinations
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) continues to strongly encourage aged care nurses and carers to receive COVID-19 vaccines, but is concerned that…
Time for a Pre-emptive Strike & Mask Up Indoors
Infectious diseases experts here in New Zealand agree. The Delta variant’s airborne transmission requires only fleeting contact with an infected person, so do we…
COVID-19 Update – watch now
Update from COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
Waiheke Medical Centre Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations
Waiheke Medical Centre is the first General Practice clinic in Auckland to begin vaccinating patients against COVID-19 this month. The clinic will continue to…
Southern District Rolls out Vaccine to Group 3 Population
DHB piloting new booking system District surpasses 25,000 vaccines COVID-19 vaccination centres in rural areas of the Southern district will begin vaccinating those in…
Vaccinations and the Workplace
People management platform Employment Hero has today launched the findings of a new national report entitled ‘COVID-19, vaccinations and the workplace’, revealing a notable…
Collaborative Effort Ensures Focus on Vaccination Rollout
Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) Pou Tikanga Graham Cameron said working with iwi and kaupapa Māori providers to protect community elders was…
Vaccine Tourism
The opening of the trans-Tasman bubble may spark a wave of vaccine tourism according to a health care industry expert. David Taylor, CEO of…
COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAMME UPDATE
Ministry of Health Update: Vaccination and workforce numbers are up. Vaccinations are progressing well and the programme is tracking in line with expectations. More…
Kenderdine Park Rest Home Residents Vaccinated
A small family-owned and operated rest home in the south Auckland community of Papatoetoe has today become the first Aged Residential Care facility in…