Saturday, 10 July 2021, 1:11 pm
This is the year the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the
biggest immunisation campaign in New Zealand history. For
the NZ population over 16 years old, the NZ Government has
declared that by the end of 2021 the programme will be
complete, for those who wish to be vaccinated. Inherent in
this undertaking is the assumption that, by 2022, the
immunisation uptake will have reached sufficient levels for
population immunity to begin to take hold, substantially
protecting NZ from further outbreaks. This in turn will
allow New Zealand to begin to gradually open its borders.
There are several factors that are putting this commitment