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A woman who organises support for families at the Jet Park Hotel says she feels privileged and honoured to be the first border worker to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand.
New Zealand s first 70 border workers have now been vaccinated for Covid-19 under strict infection prevention measures.
Jet Park Hotel worker Lynette Faiva was the first border worker to be vaccinated today.
She works in the hotel s family team, organising support for families.
She said she felt privileged and honoured to receive the vaccine - and felt fine after having the shot in the arm which she described as a tiny little prick .
Kiwis waiting for the Covid-19 vaccine are urged to stay patient 21 February 2021
More than 12-thousand at-risk frontline staff hope to be immunised over the next few weeks.
Vaccinations for the general public aren t expected to begin until after June.
Otago University Bioethics expert Angela Ballantyne says in the meantime, people should do research.
She says some of the questions which keep popping up around safety, efficacy and how quickly the vaccine was developed.