The Ministry of Health in New Zealand is reporting that Pasifika people make up about half of the cases in the outbreak of the omicron variant of Covid-19 in New Zealand.
The director of Pacific Health Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone says risk factors for Pacific communities are always going to be very high because of a combination of long-term health conditions, multi-generational and multi-family households, essential worker employment, and barriers to health care.
Ms Clifford Lidstone says in the past few days there has been a big increase in the positive cases of Covid-19 in Pacific communities.
She spoke with RNZ Pacific reporter Susana Suisuiki.
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