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GPs, pharmacists and other privately employed health professionals will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of January in order to continue to work in NSW.
“Obligations for employers to take reasonable steps to ensure workers comply with these vaccination requirements, and for workers to provide evidence of vaccination will also apply,” the health ministry said in a statement. Of the 384 people in hospital in Victoria with the virus, 62 per cent were not fully vaccinated, while 90 per cent of those in intensive care were not fully vaccinated.
To date, NSW has recorded 122 cases of the Omicron variant of the virus, after 12 more cases were confirmed overnight.A man who allegedly breached a self-isolation direction and attended a Newcastle nightclub, where more than 200 people contracted COVID-19, has been fined $10,000. Health Minister Brad Hazzard earlier this week said of the 650 people at the club on December 8, more than 200 have tested positive to COVID-19. Many are believed to have the Omicron variant.Parliament House on alert after ministerial staffer tests positive to COVID-19Parliament House has been put on alert after a staffer in the office of Energy Minister Angus Taylor tested positive to COVID-19.A staffer to Energy Minister Angus Taylor has tested positive to COVID-19.