Covid 19 coronavirus: Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins provides vaccine update; No new cases in community 17 Mar, 2021 12:09 AM 6 minutes to read Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92 Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said the first New Zealanders have been fully vaccinated while the number of people who have refused the vaccine was around the "10 or 20" people. There are no new community cases of Covid-19 but three in managed isolation and more than 6000 tests processed yesterday. Hipkins asked people to keep any eye out for Covid-19 symptoms and to get tested if anyone has any.