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COVID-19 vaccination rollout in remote Indigenous communities may fail unless more consultation is sought, experts say
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Community leaders say there is resistance to the COVID-19 vaccine in remote communities.
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There is concern the COVID-19 vaccine may be refused in remote Northern Territory communities after a mammoth effort to get it there.
Gurindji man Charlie King told ABC Radio Darwin he identified some resistance when he brought up the topic in an unnamed community. There s some people saying simply, We re not going to do it , because they don t understand how serious this virus is, he said.
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