Health / Te Ao Maori

Māori health providers ready to step up for vaccinations

06:38 am on 19 February 2021

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It's V-Day today - the start of the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. 

Those vaccinating the border workers will get the jab today, then the border workforce from Saturday, followed by the nationwide roll-out. 

Māori health providers fanned out across the country to get flu jabs to as many people as possible in 2020 - and want to do the same again for the pandemic. 

They say it's critical the government trains enough community workers and funds mobile clinics for areas with high Māori populations. 

Here's RNZ political reporter Meriana Johnsen.