Tens of thousands of aged-care residents across Australia are refusing to be vaccinated despite being at the highest risk of dying from Covid-19, new figures reveal.
The federal government has faced heavy criticism in recent days over the slow pace of vaccination rollout across aged-care facilities.
But figures released last week to a Senate estimates hearing show 33,000 — or 18 per cent — of elderly Australians offered a vaccination in aged-care facilities have not received one.
The statistics also reveal that vaccine hesitancy rates differ markedly across the country, with the elderly in Queensland, Western Australia and the North Territory far less likely to take a jab than their counterparts in Victoria and NSW.
According to the data provided to the Senate, one in five West Australian aged-care residents remained unvaccinated, even after being visited by federal government teams offering them the jab.
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