'More reliable' data sheds new light on COVID-19 vaccination rate among SA ambulance staff
3 years, 7 months ago

'More reliable' data sheds new light on COVID-19 vaccination rate among SA ambulance staff

ABC  

The proportion of ambulance staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in South Australia is far higher than previously suggested, after the SA Ambulance Service conducted further investigations. Key points: Health Minister Stephen Wade last week said only 41 per cent of ambulance staff had received first doses He today said that more reliable data had revealed the figure was actually 76 per cent Ambulance staff who have not received first doses are today banned from attending "red zones" Under questioning in budget estimates on Friday, Health Minister Stephen Wade said only 35 per cent of SAAS workers had received both shots of vaccine and 41 per cent had been given a first dose. But Mr Wade today provided an update, saying the real figure was likely almost twice as high as the one cited last week, and that more than three-quarters of metropolitan officers had received first doses. He said that SAAS had recently introduced "a requirement that ambulance officers notify SAAS" about their vaccination status, and that "more reliable" data had subsequently become available. "SAAS's advice to me is that the first set of data was based on voluntary notification, they went through a process in the last couple of days of sending messages to staff and requiring them to update their vaccination status — my understanding is that's why the figure is more reliable and it's higher."

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