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Arowhenua Whanau Services practice nurse Jo Fortune gives her kaiwhakahaere (manager) Maria Parish (Ngāi Tahu) a Covid-19 vaccine on the first week of the roll-out to Māori, Pasifika and those over 65.
More than 5200 Covid-19 vaccinations have been administered in South Canterbury, according to latest figures released by the Ministry of Health. Nationally, 304,900 Pfizer injections have been delivered to date. As of May 5, there had been 3792 first doses and 1439 second doses administered in South Canterbury. That figure is 12 per cent below the planned target for the region, but South Canterbury District Health Board (SCDHB) Covid-19 vaccination programme operational lead Carol Murphy said there was an explanation for that.
BBC Outlines Plans to Accelerate Diverse Representation on and off Screen
BBC, December 3, 2020
The work builds on the Creative Diversity Commitments made earlier in the year, and will be supported by the Creative Diversity Unit, under June Sarpong, the BBC’s first Director of Creative Diversity.
Among the plans, which will feature in a wide ranging report published next week, the BBC is announcing:
A new Disability Content Panel made up of creatives with a lived experience of disability from inside and outside of the BBC who will work with the BBC’s Creative Diversity Unit to support authentic portrayal in the BBC’s output