Auckland's ASB Showgrounds could become a large vaccination centre as the country nears the Group 4 vaccination roll-outNewsroom understands the Showgrounds is being considered as a location for a large vaccination centre and could still operate in liquidation. Auckland's ASB Showgrounds - one of the country's biggest venues - announced it had gone into liquidation last month. A report on ASB Showgrounds recently found the Covid-19 pandemic, its impact on the event industry and growing rental costs sent the centre over the edge and into liquidation. As the country nears its Group 4 vaccination rollout Matt Hannant, programme lead at Northern Region Health Co-ordination Centre, told Newsroom health officials are planning for large-scale vaccination events in Auckland. The alert level changes also resulted in feelings of uncertainty within the events industry, the showgrounds' main source of income, the report said.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 07, 2021 04:23 UTC