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Thursday, 15 July 2021, 2:53 pm
The first infringement notices for border workers who
have not complied with COVID-19 testing requirements have
been issued, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
A
total of 18 infringement notices, containing a fine of $300
each, have now been issued to border workers who have not
complied with testing for COVID-19 under Schedule 2 of the
Required Testing Order.
“Our border workers are on
the frontline of Aotearoa New Zealand’s efforts to keep
COVID-19 out of our communities, so it is critical to
support this workforce as best we can,” the Ministry’s
Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday told reporters there was nothing to suggest the latest shipments would be delayed for any reason. Hipkins said there is just under 30,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine ready to be distributed in the country at present. Another 50,000 arrived today and had not yet been processed for distribution. Even with this latest batch, supply of the vaccine would be “pretty tight” over the coming week, something that would be “keeping me awake over the next seven days”, he said. Hipkins said supply is the “big issue holding back vaccination for group 3” but people in group 3 should be contacted for a booking by the end of July.