With vaccines already being offered to border workers and their families, community leaders worry that anti-vaccination protesters are getting louder and they could be putting people off.
Northland border workers were the latest cab off the rank in getting their vaccines on Monday. Brooke Sneddon welcomed her shot and the hope it gives. Maybe travelling soon, maybe it ll help stop the spread of Covid-19 which means we can all get back to a normal life everywhere.
Elsewhere in Whangārei, mayor Sheryl Mai said, the message around vaccines was not so positive. What we re seeing on the ground here are protesters, and they re making themselves very visible, they re putting their placards up, putting flyers into letterboxes, leaving them in public toilets. So unfortunately, from my perspective, that s what we re seeing.
The Government is being urged to hurry up with its vaccination awareness campaign, to avoid being drowned out by the anti-vax movement.
The Ministry of Health says it has plans for a paid advertising campaign, which will launch in the coming months.
With vaccines already being offered to border workers and their families, community leaders worry that anti-vaccination protesters are getting louder and they could be putting people off.
Northland border workers were the latest cab off the rank in getting their vaccines on Monday. Brooke Sneddon welcomed her shot and the hope it gives. Maybe travelling soon, maybe it ll help stop the spread of COVID-19 which means we can all get back to a normal life everywhere.
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