24 Jan 2022

Covid-19: Māori vaccinations lag as Omicron looms

From Morning Report, 7:55 am on 24 January 2022

Māori health providers are in a race to vaccinate children and boost adult immunisations before Omicron spreads widely.

Ministry of Health data shows 93 percent of the wider Counties Manukau population is fully vaccinated but Māori lag behind at 84 percent.

Mangere based Māori health provider Turuki Health chief executive Te Puea Winiata spoke to Susie Ferguson.