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Covid-19: All frontline border workers should be vaccinated by now

Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers The New Zealand Herald reports about 3800 border workers are still to be inoculated and hundreds of workers at the border are not getting tested within the required timeframe. Professor Michael Baker from Otago University said having a highly vaccinated and tested workforce at the border was a key defence for New Zealand. This is a top priority group for vaccination. all the border facing workers and also those working at ports, sea ports and air crews, really at this point they should all be vaccinated. He said there was now no excuse for not having all frontline workers vaccinated.

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Covid-19: Dizziness, headaches most common adverse events after Pfizer jab

The new events reported bring the total number of AEFI to 457 – just 0.8 per cent of the total number of doses given (55,143) to March 27. 443 were deemed non-serious. Overall, of the 457 reports of adverse side effects to March 27, just 14 – 3 per cent – were deemed serious. ROSA WOODS/Stuff Of 457 adverse event reports made following Covid-19 vaccination to March 27, only 14 – 3 per cent – were deemed serious. Eleven were allergic reactions. Of these, 11 were allergic reactions. An adverse event is considered serious if it is a “medically important” event or reaction; requires hospitalisation or prolongs an existing hospitalisation; causes persistent or significant disability or incapacity; is life-threatening; causes a congenital anomaly (birth defect); or results in death.

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