Ellen Curnow.
Reefton is not the first town in New Zealand to offer Covid-19 vaccines to the wider community - Murchison has beaten it by a month.
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Reefton s vaccination clinic has been touted as the first to provide vaccines to people outside the priority groups of frontline border and health workers.
However, Murchison began its vaccination programme for the wider community last month.
Nelson Marlborough Health general manager strategy, primary and community Cathy O Malley said it was a more efficient use of vaccinators time and the vaccine to offer it to the wider community in more remote areas like Murchison.
An agreement to open the clinic was approved by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) last week, and would open next month, Ngatai said. He expected the clinic could vaccinate 150 to 200 people per day and would focus on Māori, Pacific, and “the high needs community in east Christchurch”. As of May 6, the CDHB was operating 10 Covid-19 vaccination clinics for border and MIQ workers and their household contacts, frontline health care workers, and people who lived in communal environments where there was a higher risk of Covid-19 spreading. The risk of dying from Covid-19 was at least 50 per cent higher for Māori than people from European backgrounds, according to research published in the
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West Coast DHB will be expanding the roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccination programme across the Coast shortly, says Ralph La Salle, Acting Executive Director Planning, Funding and Decision Support, West Coast DHB.
We are currently getting ready to vaccinate Aged Residential Care residents and staff, some wider West Coast stakeholder partners and the wider public. We are also preparing to establish our mobile vaccination clinics which will be visiting our more rural communities over the coming months as planning and available resources allow.
In consideration of the rural nature of the Coast, our COVID-19 vaccine roll-out plan is based on optimising the number of people vaccinated, not the number of vaccination clinics. This means that when we set-up our clinics in smaller townships, we will be offering appointments to the wider public.
Chatham Islands population to get Covid-19 vaccination in one go Sun, 9 May 2021, 1:01PM
A Covid vaccine being administered in the Bay of Plenty. The Chatham Islands are set to get their share of NZ s vaccines in the next month. Photo / File
Chatham Islands population to get Covid-19 vaccination in one go Sun, 9 May 2021, 1:01PM
Chatham Islands residents are set to get their Covid-19 vaccines - and everyone will receive their jab in one go to avoid wastage.
The Canterbury DHB has been planning for the vaccination rollout on the Chatham Islands and work is underway to put the plan into action.
Photo: Supplied / Ministry of Health
The government is assuring overstayers they can get vaccinated without fear of problems over their visa status.
Authorities want the best chance at achieving herd immunity , which means they need to vaccinate as many people as possible.
In parliament this week immigration minister Kris Faafoi said health services must record patient details, but they will not pass those on to immigration officials.
He said people without valid visas could be concerned about getting in trouble if they shared their details, but they can feel safe about getting the vaccine, and details collected during the vaccine campaign would only be used for health purposes.