The Disability royal commision has revealed that Fewer than 1,000 people with disability in Australia’s residential care facilities have been vaccinated, despite authorities saying the rollout would ramp up in late April.
Health Minister Greg Hunt on Monday said yesterday that 999 people in residential disability homes have received vaccines, and 1527 workers had also been vaccinated through in-reach programs.
Last month a Guardian Australia investigation revealed that many disability care providers were being forced to go to general practitioners to obtain vaccines for their residents, because commonwealth in-reach teams were simply not showing up.