Booster mandate a possibility for NSW healthcare workers

The NSW government has left open the possibility of mandating COVID-19 boosters for healthcare workers, but Health Minister Brad Hazzard says he’s still hesitant to impose the measure.

However, he added that if ATAGI recommended the measure, the government would need to reconsider the mandate for healthcare workers.

“Everything logical tells you that if you’ve had two, why not three [vaccinations], but the government has also been saying Omicron is not as deadly, so everyone is hearing two messages.” The state recorded 7893 new cases of COVID-19, 2321 hospitalisations and 28 deaths on Sunday, as infections from the Omicron wave declined to their lowest level since December.

“If we have almost 95 per cent of people in NSW, double-dosed, and we’ve got a little less than 45 per cent of people who’ve had the booster, what’s happening to the other 50 per cent. Why aren’t they out about getting their boosters?” he said.

Rabe9 HatAlexander I don't think anyone would consider it acceptable to be treated in hospital by someone not fully vaccinated. If hospital staff don't like it, they can go flip burgers.

Rabe9 HatAlexander Where’s the mandates for Politicians 🤔🤔🤔 What makes Hazzard and co exempt

Rabe9 HatAlexander Great time to leave that industry.

Rabe9 HatAlexander Here we go again

Rabe9 HatAlexander The NSW catastrophe rolls on..

Rabe9 HatAlexander They’re bought and paid for, bad look if they were to go into the bin. Tough to argue for another round if the last one wasn’t used up.

Rabe9 HatAlexander Dom_Perrottet The Premier for deaths LetItRip AgedCareCrisis

Rabe9 HatAlexander Booster already done!!! This does not show up on any of my Service NSW app. If this is made mandatory then make accessible for our health managers to see.

Rabe9 HatAlexander TGA does not have applicable evidence as to whether the provisionally registered COVID vaccines, COMIRNATY (Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd), VAXZEVRIA ( AstraZeneca Pty Ltd) and ELASOMERAN (Moderna) are effective against the new variant strains.

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