Around 57% of New Zealand’s eligible population has been fully vaccinated, with more than 80% receiving at least one dose.
New Zealand’s government on Monday announced a vaccine mandate under which teachers and healthcare workers in the country will be legally required to get inoculated against Covid-19, a move that comes as New Zealand continues to battle a small but unrelenting local outbreak fueled by the highly infectious delta variant.Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand.
To ensure that they meet the deadline, health workers will need to receive their first dose by October 30, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said. Teachers and other education workers will also be required to be fully vaccinated by January 1, 2022 and in the meantime, those who haven't already been vaccinated will need to be tested weekly.
Schools will also be required to maintain a register of their students’ vaccination status and masks will be mandatory for all assemblies.“While most people working in these sectors are already fully or partially vaccinated we can’t leave anything to chance and are making it mandatory,” Hipkins said while announcing the mandate. 57%. That’s the percentage of eligible people in New Zealand—everyone aged 12 or over— fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a total of 2.
official government data. The country has managed to rapidly ramp up its inoculation program after a sluggish start and it is hoping to vaccinate 90% of the eligible population in the country by Christmas.
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