25 Feb 2021

Government called to consider vaccinating south Auckland first

From Morning Report, 7:09 am on 25 February 2021

The government's is being told it should look at vaccinating South Aucklanders first when the community roll out starts.

Papatoetoe and its surrounding suburbs are grappling with the current Covid-19 outbreak - and the area was disproportionately hit by Auckland's large August cluster.

With a high number of people working at the airport and in managed isolation the South is on the frontline of the fight to keep the virus out.

Health correspondent Rowan Quinn reports