It found some good early progress, noting that at the time of the audit nearly 400,000 doses were administered. "The Ministry has a high-level plan in place, but there is still a lot of work to do. If it isn't done by then, Hipkins said the rollout would simply continue until it was done. That group included those over 65 years old, people with underlying health conditions and prison staff and the prison population. Bloomfield said contingency planning was underway for the scale-up in July and plans and plans in place to deal with a community outbreak.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 18, 2021 03:10 UTC