The requirement was put in place in 2021, when the disease was running rampant.
Queensland Health director general Michael Walsh said the mandate would most likely be gone from September 25, following a mandatory consultation period.
And he said all those health workers who had been dismissed or who had resigned due to vaccine requirements were welcome to re-apply for roles in Queensland Health from that time. Fentiman said about 1200 people had been dismissed from Queensland Health for non-compliance since the mandate came in.Meanwhile, from today, the work exclusion period for health workers who test positive to COVID-19 will drop to five days from seven."This is a serious disease that particularly risks our elderly and our vulnerable," she said.
She said of those hospitalised with COVID-19 recently, 70 per cent had not been up to date with their booster shots.
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