Photo: Getty ImagesA leading epidemiologist is concerned that thousands of border workers have not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19. The New Zealand Herald reports about 3800 border workers are still to be inoculated and hundreds of workers at the border are not getting tested within the required timeframe. Professor Michael Baker from Otago University said having a highly vaccinated and tested workforce at the border was a key defence for New Zealand. "This is a top priority group for vaccination... all the border facing workers and also those working at ports, sea ports and air crews, really at this point they should all be vaccinated." He said there was now no excuse for not having all frontline workers vaccinated.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 05, 2021 01:07 UTC