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. The Herald has been reporting on the number of vaccinated border workers for months, and the Government recently signalled a new public health order to require more workers at the border to be vaccinated.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 12, 2021 03:22 UTC