Compulsory jabs extended to school and healthcare workers

Compulsory jabs extended to school and healthcare workers
Teachers will need to be double vaccinated by Jan 1 next year. (Image: Getty)
Staff reporters
Unvaccinated teachers in areas under lockdown will be required to produce a negative covid-19 test result before returning to the classroom for the last term of the school year. However, the hoped-for return to school next Monday will not occur, as the government decided today that the Auckland covid outbreak does not allow for a further easing of level 3 restrictions in the country's largest city.Education minister Chris Hipkins announced the testing requirement along with a new compulsory vaccination order that will see all teachers...

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