Marlborough Primary Health Organisation chief executive Beth Tester said Marlborough was more than ready to move into vaccinating the 60+ age bracket, even as they continued to reach those in Group 3 still without a vaccine. Group 4 was everyone else in the country, but was being done in age groups. Those aged 55 and over could get their vaccine from August 11.
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Marlborough Primary Health Organisation chief executive Beth Tester said 25 per cent of the Marlborough population had been vaccinated. Tester said the district had been able to surpass its vaccination target because it started early. The main concern at the moment was getting more Māori men vaccinated, but Tester said Māori women were tracking the same as the rest of the population.
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Rolling out the vaccine to everyone is going to take some time, warn medical professionals, who are aware many are wondering when their time will come.
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Haze s application for dispensation was declined in November last year. Marlborough Netball chair Beth Tester said Haze s mother, Ange Tepuia asked to review the decision, which they did. “We did in an open and transparent way through an open forum in February. “At the forum, members who are all the Marlborough clubs (around 9 or 10) had mixed views, so we felt it needed to go to a vote of the members and the results came out this week with the decision to decline the request of dispensation. “There is always two sides in a debate, but our members have spoken,” Tester said.