7 Oct 2021

Why is rate of Covid-19 vaccination so low in Murupara?

From Checkpoint, 6:09 pm on 7 October 2021

The Ministry of Health has released a spreadsheet showing a breakdown of vaccinated people in every suburb of the country in a bid to get more people to get their first and second jabs.

A colour coded map of Aotearoa on the Ministry's website show the areas with the highest vaccination rates measuring an uptake per 1000 people in dark blue.

The map shows vaccination rates in the small Bay of Plenty town of Murupara are only about one third of the eligible population.

Robert Jenner is the Operations Manager for Te Ika Whenua Hauora which is helping to run the vaccine clinic in Murapara.