It will apply from Thursday, but the extra non-government border workers it captures - which make up most of the 1766 unvaccinated border workers - won't need to get their first jab until September 30. But the subsequent public health order only applied to MIQ workers and non-MIQ government workers at the border, such as Customs officers. The Health Ministry said there were 12,209 active border workers in the Border Workforce Testing Register (BWTR) on July 9. "I am extending the mandatory order to cover a further 1800 currently unvaccinated active border workers," Hipkins said today. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield during a vaccine roll-out update press conference.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 12, 2021 02:53 UTC