22 Oct 2021

Covid-19: Two shots for summer goal for rangatahi

From Morning Report, 7:35 am on 22 October 2021

Two Shots For Summer.

That's the edgy, and somewhat boozy, tag line the government's relying on to encourage better vaccination rates in our younger population.

Especially low numbers are found in Māori, with fewer than one in three rangatahi fully vaccinated 29 percent.

For non-Māori that number almost doubles - but it still lags the adults.

Matai O'Connor spoke to some who say, so far, the Covid-19 vaccination campaign has ignored the needs of younger people.