Pasifika health experts in New Zealand are keenly awaiting public health advice on whether the time between second shots and boosters will be slashed.
Some health experts want the six-month gap reduced with studies suggesting three doses are more effective at stopping the spread of the new Omicron strain - 13 cases of which have already been found at the border.
Cabinet is expected to make a decision on the matter this week.
RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis has more.
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Malia Su-emalo Lui (left cubicle) and Seumanu Va'a Robertson (right) receive information about Covid-19 vaccination before receiving the jab at a public vaccination event arranged by the Catholic Church in Wellington, 9 June 2021. Photo: Johnny Blades / RNZ Pacific