Anti-vaxxers using bribery and fake certificates to avoid vaccination, Australian government warned

Pharmacists and aged care providers tell MPs of tactics being employed to escape public health laws including no jab, no job'

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The pharmacy and aged care sectors have called for new penalties for vaccination status fraud including bribery, use of fake certificates or stand-in vaccine recipients getting the Covid-19 jab on behalf of an unvaccinated person.

The Pharmacy Guild and Aged and Community Services Australia have warned that anti-vaxxers are using these tactics to escape public health laws including no jab, no job" provisions in the aged care sector.

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