About 350,000 Waikato people will be eligible for their two doses of the Covid vaccine in 2021. Between 800 and 1000 Waikato people are getting Covid vaccinations each working day. Overall, about 350,000 Waikato people will need two doses of the vaccine in 2021, Waikato DHB’s Covid vaccine programme lead Maree Monroe told a committee meeting on Thursday. However, Waikato got behind on Ministry of Health vaccination targets in early April, which means it’s now “playing catch-up”. Call centre teams would ring anyone who didn’t have an email addressThe Covid vaccine can’t be received two weeks either side of the flu vaccine, Monroe said.

Source: Stuff May 02, 2021 00:33 UTC