Forty percent of the eligible population have now received their booster shot. We are strongly recommending boosters for anyone over the age of 18 who had their second vaccine dose at least four months ago.
Vaccination remains our key defence against all variants of COVID-19 including Omicron. Today we are reporting 65 people at the border with COVID-19.
New Zealand continues to see a large number of border cases arriving from overseas, reflecting the growing number of Omicron cases globally.
The seven day rolling average of border cases is 33. Omicron update To date, there are 196 Omicron COVID-19 cases detected at the border since 1 December, and 11 cases of the Delta variant.