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Breaking: Major healthcare provider St Vincent’s will introduce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its workers. Follow our live coverage | MWhitbourn

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Major healthcare provider St Vincent’s will introduce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its workers.

Mr Hall said the outbreaks in Victoria and NSW confirmed that introducing a mandatory policy was the right move. “St Vincent’s Health’s vaccination policy will apply to all staff who fall outside these existing mandates. We see it as a complementary and logical step in the process of keeping our sites as safe as possible as Australia learns to live with COVID-19 long-term,” Mr Hall said.

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MWhitbourn Nothing in that roundup on covid case numbers in NSW. Interesting.

MWhitbourn Too little too late. Hospitals are already spreading Covid from infected staff and poorly skilled staff.

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