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The latest figures, published by the Ministry of Health, put the nationwide programme slightly ahead of schedule, but there is massive variance between regions.
As of Sunday night, Northland DHB had administered just 6252 jabs, or 62 percent of its target.
Lakes DHB, based in Rotorua, also missed its goal delivering just 76 percent of the vaccines it was supposed to.
In contrast, Whanganui, Nelson Marlborough, MidCentral, Bay of Plenty and Hawke s Bay DHBs all exceeded at least 130 percent of their targets.
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said his officials had raised Northland s poor performance with the DHB last week.
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Both cases travelled via the United Arab Emirates.
Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said he “would have hoped” the latest cases were vaccinated by now. All close and casual plus contacts of Case B, one of two security guards to test positive for Covid-19, have now returned negative results. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield were delivering the press conference to give a vaccination update. During the briefing Hipkins said that by the end of the month, no unvaccinated MIQ staff will be on the frontline. He said he is making the border workforce testing register mandatory to “strengthen our response,” and conversations are currently taking place between employers and MIQ frontline staff who have not been vaccinated.
Thorough contact tracing has been undertaken and an investigation is being carried out into the case of a border worker who appears to have misled employers.
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