There are fears rural communities in the south may be left behind during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
A clinic was planned for Ranfurly in Central Otago on 26 July, Southern DHB says.
Photo: RNZ / Lydia Anderson
Community leaders say there has been scant information about when vulnerable populations in remote areas can expect to be inoculated.
The Southern DHB said more clinics would open by the end of July in remote areas so no one was more than an hour from the nearest clinic.
Fiordland Community Board chair Sarah Greaney said despite group 3 - those over 65 or at greater risk from Covid-19 - being eligible for the vaccine, the nearest clinic at present was 140km away in Gore.
A clinic was planned for Ranfurly in Central Otago in late July, Southern DHB says. Fiordland Community Board chair Sarah Greaney said despite group 3 – those over 65 or at greater risk from Covid-19 – being eligible for the vaccine, the nearest clinic at present was 140km away in Gore. She had to take her husband even further, to Queenstown, to get his two shots. “But of course it has meant a four-and-a-half hour round trip to go to Queenstown to get it done, and I do know of a lot of other people who have done the same thing because they want to be vaccinated,” she said.
Government s winter energy payment not enough some say
28 Apr, 2021 09:23 PM
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lderly people are already working out what to give up over winter so they can afford their power bills, according to Central Otago Grey Power. File photo Photo / 123RF
lderly people are already working out what to give up over winter so they can afford their power bills, according to Central Otago Grey Power. File photo Photo / 123RF
RNZ
By Sarah Robson of RNZ
The government s winter energy payment for beneficiaries and pensioners kicks in on Saturday, but some say it doesn t go far enough to cover the rising cost of heating a home.
The government s winter energy payment for beneficiaries and pensioners kicks in on Saturday, but some say it doesn t go far enough to cover the rising cost of heating a home.
Elderly people are already working out what to give up over winter so they can afford their power bills, according to Central Otago Grey Power. File photo
Photo: 123RF
That means people on low incomes are already apprehensive about how they will juggle their budgets.
Grey Power Central Otago president Margaret Hill says older locals are already working out what to give up so they can pay their power bills over winter.
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