It was frightening to get the call they had tested positive but things got worse when his wife's health deteriorated. They were watching her pulse oximeter, a machine for monitoring oxygen levels, trying to decide what to do. "They're non-medical people having to deal with machines, like a pulse oximeter, it can be kind of daunting," he said. The family only got a pulse oximeter a week into their isolation, he said. Instead, the Fono, a Whānau Ora provider supporting Pacific families with Covid-19 in the community, had given them both devices.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 21, 2021 21:12 UTC