Friday, 30 July 2021, 1:43 pm
More than 80 percent of Rakiura Stewart Island’s
eligible residents have had at least one dose of the
COVID-19 vaccine after 257 people were vaccinated at a
successful two-day clinic there this week.
“We’re
thrilled that so many people embraced this opportunity to
get vaccinated in their own community and we got a lot of
positive feedback that residents were very pleased we came
to them,” clinic lead Nadine Goldsmith, of Awarua Whānau
Services, said today (30 July).
A further 52 people
from Rakiura Stewart Island’s 385 eligible population had
already received their vaccination elsewhere, according to
COVID-19 immunisation records.
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Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 3:15 pm
Residents on Rakiura Stewart Island have turned out in
force today (28 July) for their COVID-19 vaccinations at the
first of a two-day COVID-19 clinic offering vaccinations to
the 385 eligible people on the island.
Within the
first two and a half hours, more than 100 people had been
vaccinated, with no sign of demand slowing.
The
clinic, set up at the Stewart Island Community Centre, has 4
vaccinating booths and is run by 12 staff, led by nurse
practitioner Nadine Goldsmith, of Awarua Whānau
Services.
“We’re so pleased that many residents
are coming down here to take up this opportunity of getting