Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 28, 2020 5:58:25 GMT 12
CULTURAL SKILLS NEEDED FOR CONTACT TRACING
A Māori representative on the COVID-19 Surveillance and Testing Strategy Group is keen to see more Māori and Pasifika people in contract tracing positions.
Dr Rawiri Jansen, a south Auckland GP and co-leader of Māori pandemic response group Te Rōpu Whakakaupapa Uruta, says there are now a good number of Māori and Pasifika on the front line doing testing or greeting people at the door.
The next step is taking some of them off swabbing and put them in the call centre.......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjUzODM=/WNEWS-27.08:-Cultural-skills-needed-for-contact-tracing
A Māori representative on the COVID-19 Surveillance and Testing Strategy Group is keen to see more Māori and Pasifika people in contract tracing positions.
Dr Rawiri Jansen, a south Auckland GP and co-leader of Māori pandemic response group Te Rōpu Whakakaupapa Uruta, says there are now a good number of Māori and Pasifika on the front line doing testing or greeting people at the door.
The next step is taking some of them off swabbing and put them in the call centre.......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MjUzODM=/WNEWS-27.08:-Cultural-skills-needed-for-contact-tracing