Aged care and disability workers given priority access to vaccine in testing blitz

There will be a five-day testing blitz to ensure workers in the “most vulnerable settings” are protected from COVID-19, Victoria Ageing Minister Luke Donnellan says. He said the blitz will take place from June 2 to June 6 and will give employees in private aged care facilities and the residential disability sector “priority access to walk-in vaccination hubs”. There will be nine vaccination hubs participating in the blitz which include the Royal Exhibition Building, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and the Melbourne Showgrounds. Mr Donnellan said the initiative is about trying to "get more workers to get greater coverage" in the private aged care and disability sectors. “This is very much a call to arms of those workers who are on the frontline…we’ll give you a priority lane so it makes it quicker and easier to get through it in a speedier time.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au