University of Otago epidemiologist Michael Baker said there was a strong argument to make the vaccine mandatory for frontline health workers. “Health care workers internationally are more vulnerable to exposure to Covid-19, and they have a higher mortality level than the rest of the population because of that.”
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Professor Michael Baker is coronavirus expert with a special interest in pandemics. He says there is a strong case to make the Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for frontline health staff. The vaccination was another form of protection, similar to PPE, for health staff, he said. Baker said he expected DHBs to know the proportion of staff vaccinated.