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Covid-19: Family doctors gear up to support Māori communities

08:36 am on 28 January 2022

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Family doctors are gearing up to ensure Māori communities are well prepared and supported during an Omicron outbreak.

The Royal New Zealand College of GPs says during earlier Covid-19 outbreaks Māori have been two and a half times more likely to require hospitalisation for a Covid-19 infection.

It says that's an inequity and they're determined to address it.

College president Dr Samantha Murton spoke to Corin Dann.