Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 3, 2021 3:07:29 GMT 12
MĀORI-ONLY CLINICS TO BRIDGE VACCINE GAP IN TARANAKI
Māori health providers are starting Covid-19 vaccination clinics specifically for Māori to boost vaccination rates in Taranaki.
Māori in the region have had first vaccine shots at 61 percent of the non-Māori rate, and second shots at 56 percent of the non-Māori rate.
Those aged over 50 are doing best, roughly equalling non-Māori, but 30-49 year-old Māori are at just two-thirds the non-Māori rate, and 12-29 year-olds at just half the non-Māori rate.
Māori Party co-leader and Ngāti Ruanui leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said that has prompted Māori-only sessions......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300397735/morionly-clinics-to-bridge-vaccine-gap-in-taranaki
Māori health providers are starting Covid-19 vaccination clinics specifically for Māori to boost vaccination rates in Taranaki.
Māori in the region have had first vaccine shots at 61 percent of the non-Māori rate, and second shots at 56 percent of the non-Māori rate.
Those aged over 50 are doing best, roughly equalling non-Māori, but 30-49 year-old Māori are at just two-thirds the non-Māori rate, and 12-29 year-olds at just half the non-Māori rate.
Māori Party co-leader and Ngāti Ruanui leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said that has prompted Māori-only sessions......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300397735/morionly-clinics-to-bridge-vaccine-gap-in-taranaki