By RNZThe NZ Nurses Organisation will not rule out strike action during the mass Covid-19 vaccine rollout if it is unable to reach an agreement on satisfactory pay agreements, it says. Alexander said prerequisites to administer a vaccine injection would include health sector work experience, but full training is provided. Nine hundred vaccinators have been trained to give the Pfizer injection, but the Ministry of Health wants up to 3000 extra full-time immunisers for the mass vaccine rollout. In response to a question about whether strike action would happen during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Alexander said: "I can't guarantee anything along those lines because we're not at that point yet. I think there's every likelihood we'll reach somewhere around that level by the end of the year.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 09, 2021 07:30 UTC