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Management of unvaccinated individuals in healthcare settings

15 March 2022
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By NZSA
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The Ministry of Health’s statement expresses the view that individuals cannot be refused access to health care. Any restrictions to access health care must be based on risk assessment and the onus is on the provider to justify that any risks support restrictions. There is currently no evidence that the application of an alternative pathway based solely on vaccination status, or the routine incorporation of unvaccinated asymptomatic individuals into a high-risk pathway is justified.

Read full statement here