Royal Commission releases damning report into COVID vaccinations for people with disability

People form long queues outside a vaccination centre in Melbourne on August 27, 2021 (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)

People queue outside a vaccination centre. Source: Getty Images

The Disability Royal Commission says Australia's COVID lockdowns shouldn't ease until all people with disabilities have been vaccinated, or at least offered vaccination. The Commission has released a draft report finding federal government failures are slowing the vaccine rollout in the disability community.


A new report from the Disability Royal Commission says some vaccines meant for people with disabilities were unavailable when aged care was made a priority.

The findings are in a draft report which also highlighted federal government failures in the vaccine rollout in the disability community.

The Federal Government claims people with disabilities continue to be prioritised, with 4,000 site visits already undertaken and disability-specified vaccination hubs already set up.

However the Commission's report shows residents in group homes have not had easy access to vaccines due to aged care being prioritised by the government.

 

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