Leaders and public health experts across South Auckland are welcoming the decision to prioritise at-risk residents for the vaccine roll-out, but for some it doesn't go far enough.
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"A little disappointing" and "not ideal" is how some Pacific public health experts are describing the government's vaccine announcement to limit the prioritising of South Aucklanders to those over 65 or with an underlying health issue.
On Wednesday, the government revealed details of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan, specifying which groups will be able to access the Pfizer vaccine ahead of the general population.
Dr Collin Tukuitonga, associate dean Pacific at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, said his "ideal" scenario would have been to immunise all Counties Manukau District Health Board residents first, but it's still "fantastic" the rollout is happening.