Aussie researchers flag mental illness as top concern with COVID-19 vaccines

SYDNEY, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers called for people with serious mental illness to be given priority access to COVID-19 vaccines when they become available, according to a statement released Wednesday.

The researchers from Australia's University of Queensland (UQ) cited past studies that have shown people with serious mental illness are more likely to be infected with the virus and suffer poorer health outcomes and higher death rates when they are.