Don’t Forget Older Australians as Covid-19 Lockdown Lifts

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Summitcare aged care facility in Baulkham Hills in Sydney, Australia, July 4, 2021. © 2021 Jenny Evans/Getty Images For the first time in 12 weeks, residents of Sydney, Australia are now allowed to gather outdoors with up to four friends who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Since a fresh Covid-19 outbreak in late June, millions of people in Sydney have been living under strict lockdown. This Friday also marks the deadline for aged care workers to have received at least their first Covid-19 vaccination. The New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has…

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