27 Aug 2021

Covid-19: Minister for Pacific People on community response

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 27 August 2021

Pacific peoples have been carrying a particularly heavy load with the Covid-19 outbreak.

Part of the community has been targeted by abusive messages after it was revealed that a church service just days before lockdown has given rise to 114 community cases.

Yet Pasifika now lead the way in full vaccinations among people aged 40 and above.

Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio spoke to Morning Report.