Victoria to start five-day vaccination blitz for aged care workers

Aged care workers and employees in the disability sector will be given priority access to walk-in vaccination hubs from tomorrow.

The move is part of a five-day vaccination blitz aimed at protecting some of the state's most vulnerable people, Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers Luke Donnellan said.

The priority access will last until Sunday and cover workers from aged care and residential disability settings at both Commonwealth and privately-run facilities who show evidence of their employment.

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Aged care and disability workers are already eligible to be vaccinated at state hubs but low vaccination rates among aged care workers, particularly at privately-run facilities, had become a concern for the government, Mr Donnellan said.

"We have concerns there isn't enough coverage that is why we are stepping in," he said.

"This is very much a call to arms of those workers on the frontline to come out and we will give you a priority lane so it makes it quicker and easier to get through it in a speedier time."

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The Royal Exhibition Building, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sandown Racecourse, the Melbourne Showgrounds, and the former Ford factory in Geelong are among those locations where workers can get a walk-in vaccination.

In regional Victoria, the Bendigo community clinic, Ballarat Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre and the Shepparton Showgrounds will be open to walk-ins for eligible employees.

There have been three COVID-19 cases connected to aged care facilities in Melbourne as part of the latest outbreak, including two aged care employees and a 99-year-old resident.

One of the positive cases, an Arcare Aged Care worker, did not receive the first dose on May 12 when other staff were receiving the jab, as she was on personal leave at the time.

Speaking yesterday, Health Minister Greg Hunt said a review would be conducted into compulsory vaccinations for aged care staff.

The Health Minister said some aged care residents had not agreed to receive the jab, and implored them to rethink their decision.

During Victoria's second COVID-19 wave last year, 655 of the 801 people who died were residents in private aged care homes.