Page 4025 - Week 13 - Thursday, 2 December 2021
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Individuals will need to seek an exemption directly from the operator of a facility. Travellers are also not permitted to enter the following settings until they receive a negative test result following their day 6 test: childcare or early childhood education services, a primary school or school attended by children under 12 years of age, or a specialist school or flexible education program.
Arrangements for unvaccinated international travellers have not changed. These travellers are still required to complete 14 days quarantine at their port of entry regardless of where they are travelling from. These travellers will need to seek an exemption if they want to travel to the ACT before they have completed this quarantine.
As at 8 pm on 30 November, nine individuals have been identified in the ACT as close contacts of a confirmed case of the Omicron variant and have been directed to quarantine for a period of 14 days. It is expected that this number may increase due to the evolving situation. Indeed it has.
The ACT government is working closely with the commonwealth and state and territory governments to identify any international travellers who may have entered the ACT from one of the listed countries prior to the introduction of travel restrictions. The ACT will continue to monitor this evolving situation and align our response to support the national approach and minimise risks associated with this new variant of concern.
The ACT’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage of people aged 12 years and over continues to be world-leading, with almost 98 per cent of eligible Canberrans now fully vaccinated. The equity to access program is still in operation and providing vaccine doses to people in our community who are less likely to access health services.
As of 26 November, ACT government clinics have administered 50.3 per cent of all COVID-19 vaccine doses in the territory, with our partners in primary care administering 46.2 per cent, and 3.5 per cent through commonwealth aged-care programs. This is an outstanding effort by all involved and has put the ACT in a very strong position. Since 1 November, adults who completed their primary COVID-19 vaccine course over six months ago have been able to book in for a booster vaccine at an ACT government vaccination clinic or through participating GPs and pharmacies. As of 30 November, we have already administered over 16,800 third dose and booster vaccines to 4.3 per cent of the vaccine-eligible Canberra population.
As this is the final statement for 2021, I would like to take a moment to update members on the equity to access program, which delivers COVID-19 vaccinations to vulnerable and marginalised community members through in-reach, pop-up, mobile and in-home settings. This program represents the best of our community and our expectation that everyone, no matter their circumstances, should be offered the opportunity to be protected. Aspen Medical and Canberra Health Services have worked closely with the ACT Health Directorate to deliver these clinics since 11 September.
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