Seventy-four percent of those polled supported mandates currently in place for teachers, health care workers, port, border, and prison workers. Photo: Getty ImagesA new poll shows strong public support for vaccine mandates continues for certain workforces, even as protests emerge across the country. The latest 1News Colmar Brunton Poll showed 74 percent of those polled supported mandates currently in place for teachers, health care workers, port, border, and prison workers. Millions of New Zealand workers will soon be covered by mandates to be vaccinated against Covid-19, or potentially be forced to leave their jobs. Vaccine mandates were part of protests last week, including outside Parliament.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 16, 2021 04:47 UTC