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Stranded Australians could be brought home more quickly as hotel quarantine programs expand after mass vaccinations of border and quarantine staff began on Monday.
Just over 13 months since COVID-19 reached Australia, thousands of aged care residents, healthcare workers and quarantine staff rolled up their sleeves on the first full day of phase 1a of the nationwide vaccination program.
Quarantine, Border Force and healthcare workers all began receiving their first COVID-19 vaccines on Monday.
But Australia has no plans to make vaccines broadly available to stranded citizens before their return, and the two-week quarantine requirement will remain in place for now, irrespective of the vaccine rollout.
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