But it reported a positive Covid-19 in the community last week of a border worker who had missed two vaccine appointments. Two more cases linked to this individual has emerged since.
“By the end of April, those not yet vaccinated will not be permitted to work in high-risk workplaces and will be moved to other roles,” Ardern said at a news conference.
She said about 86% of border workers have been vaccinated.
New Zealand has started vaccinating its border and managed isolation facility workers and their family with BioNTech-Pfizer vaccines in its first phase. So far it has vaccinated over 90,000 people. The country last week temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, after a high number of positive coronavirus cases arriving from the South Asian country.