A SIGNIFICANT surge in children's vaccination, averaging 500 immunisations per day, has been attributed to the Federal Govt's 'No Jab, No Pay' policy which requires vaccination in order to receive welfare benefits.
Some 80,000 children have caught up with their vaccination programs between 01 Jul and 30 Nov 2017.
This represents around a third of the potential number of unvaccinated children granted a 63-day grace period to get on schedule, contributing to Australia's 94.62% of children aged five fully vaccinated.
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