Video / NZ HeraldPort workers around New Zealand who may be handling international goods are declining the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a Gisborne health boss. He asked Bloomfield whether vaccination of border workers should be the main defence against the virus, rather than regular testing. "We actually don't have that precise coverage data on the port workers or the health workers." Hauora Tairāwhiti did not know the exact number of border workers in the region, or the number of their household contacts. Fifty-three household contacts of border workers had received the first dose and of those, 42 had received the second dose.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 30, 2021 08:03 UTC