“I have total confidence in Middlemore Hospital and its first-class ICU. “They have done an outstanding job throughout the pandemic, and indeed during all emergencies to which they respond.
Ricky Wilson/Stuff
The Skyline air ambulance on approach to Auckland Airport. “In this case, Counties Manukau and Middlemore have stepped up to respond to a UN request which will be hugely appreciated by the UN and the patient and her family. NZ is the first port of call for medevac by the UN in the Pacific and all costs are met in full by it.” It’s anticipated the strain of the virus contracted by the woman is the highly infectious Delta variant, which is rife in Fiji.
Ministry of Health data released on Wednesday shows while health boards are vaccinating at 103 per cent to overall target, six DHBs are lagging behind. Wairarapa DHB came in last, hitting just 89 per cent of the target, while Nelson Marlborough DHB is the highest performing, at 146 per cent. To date, Auckland’s three DHBs have done 28,000 fewer vaccines than planned, while the other main centres of Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley (100 per cent) and (Canterbury 103 per cent) are at least hitting target.
Group 2 – high risk frontline workers and people living in high-risk places – currently accounts for the bulk of the country’s vaccination coverage, with 517,361 people having had their first dose.
The event was initially geared towards Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) staff, students and their whānau. However, just 3000 of 12,500 people sent an invitation in the MIT community – a quarter – made a booking in the first week, the Northern Region Health Co-ordination Centre told
Stuff. As of Tuesday, more than 16,000 people are now booked into the event, after the invitation was extended to another 140,000 people in the south Auckland community, an NRHCC spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said: “We have been very pleased with the quick response rate, and are looking forward to welcoming people at the event next weekend.” There are 242 vaccination booths in the centre, and 12 vaccinators working each day of the event.
Red tape keeping GPs from giving Covid-19 vaccine, doctors say rnz.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rnz.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
+Undoctored
Media release from ProCare
1 minute to Read
The Director of Nursing for the country’s largest network of health professionals says the changes announced this week to Auckland’s vaccine rollout system are welcome, and could help make a big difference to communities most at risk.
Gabrielle Lord explains that until now, Auckland’s General Practice clinics have had to wait in line for vaccination onboarding, from Auckland’s Northern Region Health Coordination Centre or NRHCC, the health incident management team for the pandemic.
Primary Health Organisations (such as ProCare) have this week been advised that they will now be supporting and managing most of the onboarding process from late July. Up until this week, the approval process has seen a build-up of practices waiting to get involved in vaccinating says Lord.