Construction workers will need to provide evidence that they have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, one dose of a vaccine at least three weeks before attending work, or one dose of a vaccine and, if less than three weeks since that vaccine was administered, a negative test in the previous 72 hours.
To help get them back on the job site, they will also receive priority vaccination at a dedicated clinic to be hosted at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday, August 15, where it is hoped 8,000 workers will receive the jab.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said construction was critical to the state’s economy, employed hundreds of thousands of workers and for it to remain viable, they needed to restart projects and get construction workers where they were most needed.
“But we also need to minimise the risk of Covid-19 transmission to keep our communities safe, and these measures will help us achieve that balance,” he said.
In the last four weeks, Canterbury Bankstown had 1,123 new locally acquired infections, while 496 were active in the community and remains one of the eight local government areas under tighter lockdown restrictions.
Federal MP for Blaxland, Jason Clare, says there are lots of people who are really struggling with the lockdown… “they are tired, anxious and frustrated”.
“Some of the children are emotionally drained, anxious and traumatised, and it’s very difficult for many of the parents, who themselves are emotionally drained, to take care of their children all day,” he said.
“A lot of people say to me, ‘If the State Government had locked down earlier, when the virus was in Bondi, people here wouldn’t be suffering now’.”
