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Northland meningococcal death: Leaders plead for help as well-loved boy passes away
23 Feb, 2021 04:50 AM
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Public health nurse Sue Baker administers the vaccine to a 13-year-old at Whangārei Girls High School in 2018. Photo / File
Public health nurse Sue Baker administers the vaccine to a 13-year-old at Whangārei Girls High School in 2018. Photo / File
Northland s first meningococcal death in more than two years, a six-year-old boy, has Kaikohe leaders pleading for more essential health services in their rohe (area).
The boy, from the Kaikohe area, was sent home from Tautoro School on February 12 by a teacher for being unwell, before being admitted to Bay of Islands Hospital and later to Whangārei Hospital.
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Northland border workers to receive the Covid vaccine from March
19 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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Northlanders working on the border will be the first to receive the vaccine in early March. Photo / Supplied
Northlanders working on the border will be the first to receive the vaccine in early March. Photo / Supplied
Northland s border workers will be the region s first to receive a Covid-19 vaccine in March.
This population, largely made up of Northport workers, will be administered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by early next month as the national rollout began today in Auckland.
Vaccinations of border workers and managed isolation facility staff would likely start in Wellington on Monday and Christchurch on Wednesday.