24 Dec 2021

Covid-19: Race to increase Māori vaccination rates for holidays

From Morning Report, 8:17 am on 24 December 2021

Health providers are racing to increase Māori vaccination rates as the holiday period begins.

They say it is critical more Māori are vaccinated to protect communities against Covid-19.

Just 78 percent of eligible Māori are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 though some DHBs are now past ninety percent for first doses among their Māori populations.

Here's Māori news reporter Jamie Tahana.