Christchurch is facing weeks of delays in COVID-19 vaccine rollout - here s why Newshub 15 hrs ago The Conversation © Video - The AM Show; Image - Getty Images Watch: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responds after vaccine rollout date wording altered on Unite Against COVID-19 website.
A crucial delivery of 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived in New Zealand this week, ahead of schedule.
But at the same time, the vaccination of most people living in the Canterbury region has been moved back by at least two months.
For the rest of the country, people in group 4 of the vaccination programme will become eligible by the end of July. But those living in Christchurch – New Zealand s second-largest city – and the Canterbury region will only get their first vaccine dose from mid-September, at the earliest. The region s COVID-19 response officer Ralph La Salle encouraged everyone to be patient .
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Would you knowingly eat at a restaurant that has a D grade? Newshub 8 hrs ago © Video - Auckland Council; Image - Getty Images Watch: Auckland Council explains its Eatsafe grading system.
The latest round of Auckland s filthiest restaurants has revealed a horrifying look into the infestations and uncleanliness that plague some eateries.
Eleven restaurants received E grades from Auckland Council between March 8 and June 30 for varying reasons, including cockroach infestations, dirty and unhygienic premises, and cross-contamination risks. For an outlet to be given an E grade, there must be critical food safety risks. They must close as a result. They need to be closed down : Auckland s filthy restaurants - why do eateries get D and E grades?