People travelling overseas and returning to New Zealand should be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine - above the vulnerable and elderly - if New Zealand wants to continue its elimination plan of stopping Covid-19 at the border, a public health expert says. Photo / SuppliedBaker said after border workers and frontline health workers, he expected the Government would then start vaccinating people who were more vulnerable based on age, ethnicity and health conditions. While he supported health workers being vaccinated - he said the priority was those in the communities with closer links to the borders. "Health workers in South Auckland yes - health workers in Te Puia Springs less so." Wallace said while NZAC supported border prioritisation, putting aged residential care near the bottom of the list was not right.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 02, 2021 06:11 UTC