Monday, 8 March 2021, 1:37 pm
An Air New Zealand flight attendant
tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, shortly after
receiving a shot of the Pfizer vaccine.
Prime
Minister Jacinda Ardern said
this morning the vaccine takes a couple of weeks to
work, so they wouldn t have expected the person to be
protected from the virus.
The SMC asked
experts to comment. Feel free to use these comments in your
reporting or follow up with the contact details
provided.
Dr Fran Priddy, Clinical
Director Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand – Ohu
Kaupare Huaketo, comments: This is a
critical point - we don t know how effective any of these
Press Release – Science Media Centre An Air New Zealand flight attendant tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, shortly after receiving a shot of the Pfizer vaccine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said this morning the vaccine takes a couple of weeks to work, so they wouldn’t have …
An Air New Zealand flight attendant tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, shortly after receiving a shot of the Pfizer vaccine.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said this morning the vaccine takes a couple of weeks to work, so they wouldn’t have expected the person to be protected from the virus.
The SMC asked experts to comment. Feel free to use these comments in your reporting or follow up with the contact details provided.
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With vaccines already being offered to border workers and their families, community leaders worry that anti-vaccination protesters are getting louder and they could be putting people off.
Northland border workers were the latest cab off the rank in getting their vaccines on Monday. Brooke Sneddon welcomed her shot and the hope it gives. Maybe travelling soon, maybe it ll help stop the spread of Covid-19 which means we can all get back to a normal life everywhere.
Elsewhere in Whangārei, mayor Sheryl Mai said, the message around vaccines was not so positive. What we re seeing on the ground here are protesters, and they re making themselves very visible, they re putting their placards up, putting flyers into letterboxes, leaving them in public toilets. So unfortunately, from my perspective, that s what we re seeing.
The Government is being urged to hurry up with its vaccination awareness campaign, to avoid being drowned out by the anti-vax movement.
The Ministry of Health says it has plans for a paid advertising campaign, which will launch in the coming months.
With vaccines already being offered to border workers and their families, community leaders worry that anti-vaccination protesters are getting louder and they could be putting people off.
Northland border workers were the latest cab off the rank in getting their vaccines on Monday. Brooke Sneddon welcomed her shot and the hope it gives. Maybe travelling soon, maybe it ll help stop the spread of COVID-19 which means we can all get back to a normal life everywhere.