In an Australian first, the manufacturer is making the vaccine mandatory for staff. 9News
Chairman Hussein Rifai told Today the move was about protecting everyone.
Chairman of SPC Hussein Rifai says all workers will get the COVID-19 vaccine unless they have a medical exemption from their doctor. "Vaccines really probably the only option that is available for us today to stop this lockdown every second day."Those with medical exceptions from their GP would be dealt with individually."We will deal with it case by case, but we are not going to force anybody who the vaccine is going to harm but we will work within the science of it, not within all rumours around it.READ MORE:"This is a science issue and we're going to be dealing with it as such.
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