Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
All aged-care homes must offer staff flu vaccinations, Turnbull government orders
23 April 2018 - All aged-care home will be required to provide flu vaccinations to all staff after more than 1100 people, the majority of them over 65, died of influenza-related complications last year.
Speaking at Tuohy Nursing Home and Aged Care in Perth on Sunday, Health Minister Greg Hunt and Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt announced a new federal policy will make every aged-care facility in Australia offer employees the vaccine.
The government states that a vaccination rate of 95% among staff is required to create “herd immunity".
