A Carlton AFL player is refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Channel Seven’s Mitch Cleary.
The AFL’s vaccination policy announced in October detailed that all players must have received two doses of the vaccine prior to the start of the season.
All essential workers in Victoria are also required to be double-dosed as of mid-October.
Carlton and St Kilda are believed to be the only two clubs who had not confirmed all their AFL players were fully vaccinated.
The Carlton player was not named in the report.
The @AFL is grappling with a new vaccine shock tonight. @cleary_mitch is at Carlton headquarters, where one player is refusing to get the jab. https://t.co/5zYfOfohG3 #7AFL #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/r1u0NTnjl3
— 7NEWS Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) November 9, 2021
AFL players who do not comply with the league's vaccination policy will be placed on their club's inactive list on a minimum wage, with a similar fate for AFLW players who do not get jabbed.
AFL pre-season for first to fourth year players begins in late November, with older players to return in December.
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