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Victorian Construction Workers Urged to Get Vaccinated by Christmas

Victorian Construction Workers Urged to Get Vaccinated by Christmas
Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews points as he inspects the underground site of the currently being built, State Library station, as part of the Metro Tunnel metropolitan rail infrastructure project on Nov. 6, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
Henry Jom
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The Victorian construction industry hopes tens of thousands of workers will get vaccinated by Christmas or earlier to prevent site shutdowns amid state government lockdowns.

This comes as the NSW construction industry enters the second week of forced shutdown, while Victorian construction sites are currently permitted to operate during lockdown with capacity limits.

Henry Jom
Henry Jom
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Henry Jom is a reporter for The Epoch Times, Australia, covering a range of topics, including medicolegal, health, political, and business-related issues. He has a background in the rehabilitation sciences and is currently completing a postgraduate degree in law. Henry can be contacted at [email protected]
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