Covid Vaccine Rollout Information - Department of Health

Quarantine, border and front line health care workers will need to provide proof of occupation to demonstrate their eligibility

Quarantine and border workers, including:

• staff at entry points to the country (such as sea ports and land borders)
• staff working in quarantine facilities, including those employed under Commonwealth, state or private agreements, and  
• Commonwealth employees (including Defence personnel) who are identified as having the potential to encounter returning travellers as part of their work.

Frontline health care worker sub-groups for prioritisation

• frontline staff in facilities or services such as hospital emergency departments,COVID-19 and respiratory wards, Intensive Care Units and High-dependency Units
• laboratory staff handling potentially infectious material
• ambulance and paramedics service
• GP respiratory clinics, and  
• COVID-19 testing facilities.

*All other healthcare workers are included in Phase 1b, including medical and tertiary students with placements in these healthcare settings.

Aged care and disability care staff

Aged care and disability care residents

Elderly adults aged 80 years and over

Elderly adults aged 70-79 years

Other health care workers

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people > 55

Adults with an underlying medical condition, including those with a disability

*People will need to provide proof of these conditions to demonstrate their eligibility for vaccination via My health record, a health professional referral if required or a declaration form.

Critical and high risk workers including defence, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing

* Workers will need to provide proof of occupation to demonstrate their eligibility.

Adults aged 60-69 years

Adults aged 50-59 years

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 18-54

Other critical and high risk workers

Balance of adult population

Catch up any unvaccinated Australians from previous phases