The retention of double-dose COVID-19 vaccination mandates for workers in most settings is no longer justified, leading Australian epidemiologists say.
Epidemiologist Nancy Baxter, head of the University of Melbourne's School of Population and Global Health, is unsure why Victoria's two-jab policy remains for industries not involving the vulnerable, saying the effect of vaccines on transmission wanes over time.
"(We've eliminated) density restrictions, mandatory mask wearing and recommendations for working at home ... those (measures) that we know will be effective against transmission," she told a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into the state's pandemic orders.
