Photo / SuppliedBy Robin Martin, RNZTired of waiting to be contacted about Covid-19 vaccination appointments, pensioners and people with underlying health issues are skipping the queue and making their own arrangements. Okato pensioner Ros Bazley - who turned 80 on Monday - said she was told about the 0800 number by her friends. There's going to be lots of people out there who don't have the number and won't do anything about it." The 0800 number is available on the Taranaki District Health Board website but you have to click through three pages first. "Some of them say they are going to wait until they are sent for and some of them are ringing.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 01, 2021 21:11 UTC