2 Aug 2022

Midwives ask govt to consider evidence on vaccinations

From Morning Report, 6:45 am on 2 August 2022

The College of Midwives has asked the government to reconsider the evidence it's using to ban midwives from working if they haven't had the Covid-19 vaccine.

In a letter sent to Health Minister Andrew Little and then-Covid Minister Chris Hipkins in May, the College says it understands why the government mandated the vaccine for health workers when the Delta variant loomed last year.

It says it wants to make sure the decision still stacks up under Omicron.

Reporter Jake McKee has more.