About one in 10 health workers in Tasmania have yet to provide proof they’ve had a coronavirus vaccination ahead of a looming deadline.

The state government requires staff in the health system to have had at least one dose, have made a vaccination booking, or have evidence of an exemption, by Sunday.

Workers who don’t comply will be sacked.

Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff told state parliament approximately 90 per cent of the health workforce had submitted proof of vaccination.

«In recent days there has been a significant jump in the public health sector providing evidence of vaccinations,» he said on Tuesday.

«To those not yet vaccinated, please don’t leave it to the eleventh hour.

«It is absolutely critical that our health staff vaccinate to protect our patients and each other.»

The mandate, which was announced in early September, applies to some 16,000 healthcare workers.

The island state will open its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from anywhere in the country on December 15.

Travellers will have to return a negative test within 72 hours before arriving.

The Health and Community Services Union and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Foundation have raised concerns about how the state’s hospitals will cope if cases emerge.

Tasmania is currently closed to NSW, Victoria and the ACT and the state has recorded just three coronavirus cases this year.

«What would be devastating to our health system would be if we didn’t have a vaccinated workforce to keep our beds open,» Mr Rockliff said.

«If we had to furlough hundreds of workers, https://winnerzz.net/ like we’ve seen interstate …that is what we cannot afford to see happen here.»

Premier Peter Gutwein wants 90 per cent of the state’s over 16 population to be fully vaccinated by December 1.

As of Tuesday, more than 72 per cent of Tasmanians in that demographic had received both doses and more than 87 had received one.