Chief health officer tells hearing 38.9% of Victorians aged over 18 have already had three vaccine doses
Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton and premier Daniel Andrews are yet to discuss introducing a state mandate for a third Covid vaccine dose.Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton and premier Daniel Andrews are yet to discuss introducing a state mandate for a third Covid vaccine dose.Victoria’s chief health officer is yet to provide advice to the state government on whether a third Covid-19 vaccine dose should be mandated, despite the premier flagging the change.
But speaking at the first public hearing of Victorian state parliament’s pandemic declaration accountability and oversight committee on Monday, the state’s chief health officer, Brett Sutton said he and the premier had not discussed revising existing mandates.“I haven’t been requested to provide advice on broader vaccine mandates at this stage,” Professor Sutton said.
Asked by Liberal MP Georgie Crozier if the premier was “making these decisions without your input”, Sutton replied: “I don’t believe there have been any decisions made”.was that a mandate for third doses was not yet required. “It may well be the case of a booster at an annual interval or something akin to that the same way that we’re challenged with flu virus and the need for an annual booster for everyone,” he said.pandemic-specific legislationUnder the laws, the responsibility for declaring a pandemic and imposing public health restrictions has been transferred from the chief health officer to the premier and health minister respectively.
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