Border workers from Auckland to Christchurch will be vaccinated this week with managed isolation and quarantine workers in the capital getting their first vaccines today. Thirty-seven border workers were the first in Wellington to get their Covid-19 jab at the Grand Mercure on Monday, as the national roll-out hits its third day. As of Sunday night, 163 border and managed isolation and quarantine workers had been vaccinated. READ MORE:* Covid-19: Vaccine roll-out officially begins, with border workers getting jabs* Covid-19: First batch of vaccines given in NZ, with 25 health workers getting jabs* Covid-19: What happens if frontline workers refuse the vaccine? "I really encourage our MIQ workers to take up the opportunity to be at the start of the national roll out.

Source: Stuff February 22, 2021 00:30 UTC