Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 3:26 pm
Māori and Iwi health providers were among the first tier
2 populations to get the COVID-19 vaccine today, as the
roll-out continues in the MidCentral DHB region.
The
second tier of the national vaccine rollout also includes
about 480,000 frontline workers, people living in high risk
settings, and older Māori and Pacific people and their
carers.
This follows on from the start of national
Tier 1 testing of Border and Managed Isolation and
Quarantine Workers (MIQ) in February. As MidCentral has no
international airport or MIQ facilities, the DHB was not
expected to start vaccinating from that time, however, close
A man was arrested, charged with intent to injure with reckless disregard and is due to appear in Palmerston North District Court next week, a police media spokesman said. While there is debate if the change would reduce the harm, Professor Emerita Jennie Connor from the University of Otago, an expert in alcohol harm, said the change would work.
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Addiction, a study of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, Connor looked at the effect of the 4am closing law. It showed an 11 per cent drop in weekend hospitalised assaults across the country, however, only a handful of premises were affected by the change as many closed earlier in the night.
A man was arrested, charged with intent to injure with reckless disregard and is due to appear in Palmerston North District Court next week, a police media spokesman said. While there is debate if the change would reduce the harm, Professor Emerita Jennie Connor from the University of Otago, an expert in alcohol harm, said the change would work.
Supplied In
Addiction, a study of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, Connor looked at the effect of the 4am closing law. It showed an 11 per cent drop in weekend hospitalised assaults across the country, however, only a handful of premises were affected by the change as many closed earlier in the night.
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