The North Shore’s vaccine capacity will be significantly expanded when a drive-through vaccination centre opens north of Albany this week on Wednesday, 8 September
There were 2150 close contacts and 3775 casual plus contacts identified during the outbreak. The new contact categories were developed for “what boiled down to only two extra requirements”. The extra complexity for only two changes was “excessive”, the advisory group found. Individuals in an outbreak simply need to know if they are a close or casual contact and what, during that particular outbreak, is expected of them. While the new categories were supposed to increase clarity, “ironically, they facilitated blurring of the boundaries” between them, “increasing confusion” – such as when 1600 casual contacts were relabelled close contacts. At the time, the Ministry of Health said the additional classification of casual plus helps “provide flexibility in terms of the public health response to public exposure events as well as help standardise the approach for health services”.
Covid-19: Review of February cluster review finds Govt failed to learn lessons
Papatoetoe High School was at the centre of the Auckland February cluster. (Photo / File)
Covid-19: Review of February cluster review finds Govt failed to learn lessons Thu, 8 Jul 2021, 1:46PM
A review of the February Covid outbreak found a lack of coherency among central agencies, conflicting messaging that could undermine public confidence, and a Government that had failed to learn the lessons of past reviews.
The February review - by the independent advisory group chaired by Sir Brian Roche - also found a lack of stress-testing the system, and ongoing uncertainty about the system s ability to handle a large outbreak.
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Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 2:17 pm
“Love thy neighbour and get vaccinated” was the catch
cry as Auckland’s second Pasifika-led community
vaccination centre opened at Westgate Mall today, Wednesday
12 May.
The new centre is being led by The Fono Trust
Pacific health provider in partnership with the Pacific
Collective. At capacity it will be vaccinating up to 300
people per day by appointment and through community
outreach.
The first to be vaccinated on site today
were local church leaders, who were keen to lead the way and
show their congregations how safe and straight forward the
process is.
Reverend Superintendent of the Samoan