Covid 19 coronavirus: Clinic for mass vaccinations opens in West Auckland
3 May, 2021 12:18 AM
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Clinic for mass vaccinations opens in West Auckland. Video / @waiwhanau
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Auckland s latest mass vaccination clinic has opened in west Auckland after a blessing this morning.
The community gathered at dawn for karakia and waiata for the centre, which is run by Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust.
The clinic, Te Whare Tūhono, is using the former Noel Leeming warehouse in Henderson. It is starting with some practice runs for the next few days, but will eventually vaccinate up to 1000 people a day.
Whānau o Waipareira Trust chief executive John Tamihere said alongside that would be a social media and web campaign, Vax to the Max, aimed at countering Covid-19 misinformation.
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