(HEARTLAND DAILY NEWS) – As the Land Down Under copes with one of the world’s most severe COVID-19 lockdowns, the government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison has further tightened the screws by requiring the country’s health workers to get vaccinated or risk losing their jobs.
Morrison’s sweeping Oct. 1 order applies to public hospitals, ambulance services, private hospitals, general practitioners, private nurse offices, consulting offices, pharmacies, and private pathology centers. The new order also covers student nurses, doctors in residency, and health employees at the Defense Department.
“It’s pretty simple,” New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard said. “If you don’t care enough to get vaccinated and look after your colleagues if you don’t care enough about your patient, you probably shouldn’t be in the health system.”
