The transport industry is pushing for its drivers to be next in line for Covid-19 vaccinations after frontline health staff. Wilkinson has written to Transport Minister Michael Wood asking that taxi drivers get priority, and Taxi Federation chief executive John Hart agreed. First Union transport logistics secretary Jared Abbott said it was not clear whether bus drivers were part of that second group because the transport industry had been privatised. Supplied Port Otago worker Josh Greer receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination in Dunedin. The trucking industry says its drivers are also at risk and wants to know where they stand on the priority list for vaccinations.

Source: Stuff March 08, 2021 15:56 UTC