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Pacific community struck hard by Delta

12:11 pm on 24 August 2021

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There are now 107 cases of the delta variant of Covid-19 in the community, with more than half of the infections among Pasifika whanau. Pasifika community and health services are rallying to offer support to them and the hundreds of other families deemed contacts who are in strict self-isolation in their homes. But those providers say they're going to need more resources to keep helping the community. Chief executive of Pasifika Futures (a whanau ora commissioning agency) Debbie Sorensen speaks to Māni Dunlop.