Photo: Getty ImagesAbout 45% of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered during the recent Farmgate tour in Southland were first doses, the Southern District Health Board says. Gore Mayor Tracy Hicks and Southland Mayor Gary Tong toured Southland last week, taking caravans and WellSouth staff across the region in a push to get more people vaccinated. Provisional numbers provided by the SDHB showed 285 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were delivered during the five-day-tour, which visited 24 communities. Of that number, about 130 were first doses, a SDHB spokeswoman said. The mayors and health teams would be be back in three weeks to follow up and offer second doses.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 07, 2021 15:32 UTC