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Vaccination Deadline Update
The Victorian Government has announced the 12 February 2022 deadline for workers in key sectors (including food distribution and meat and seafood processing) to have received their COVID-19 third dose vaccination will be extended by four weeks.
Vaccination information links
Food & Fibre Gippsland has been involved in many hours of liaison with Government and other industry peak bodies regarding the Victorian Government health mandated vaccinations announcement and looming deadline date of October 15.
With this deadline approaching, there are two important links to check regularly, as information is updated on a regular basis.
COVID-19 Vaccine-Free webinar for authorised workers
The Victorian Department of Health is holding a series of webinars designed to provide factual clinical information about the Covid-19 vaccine for the authorised workers. There is capacity for a large number of attendees, but registrations are essential - it only takes a few minutes to fill out the registration form, and any questions you have can be submitted via the registration process.
Covid-19 in the workplace
As an employer, when you become aware of a confirmed case of COVID-19 at your workplace, you must respond quickly to limit further exposure and contain potential outbreaks.
If there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 at your workplace, there are a number of steps you must take immediately, then further steps must be addressed within 48 hours.