Pasifika church leaders receive their first Covid-19 vaccination. A GP with the Pacific health provider Fono, Malia Funaki, said health officials and churches had been working together. She said a lot of work had also gone into debunking false information about the Covid-19 vaccine. Earlier this year, Manukau councillor Efeso Collins said he planned to help those on the fence about the vaccine in his South Auckland electorate. On Wednesday, Lower Hutt held a Pacific Vaccination Festival Day which marked the start of the DHB's bid to vaccinate more than 5000 Pacific people and their families in the region.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 22, 2021 21:39 UTC