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Vaccinations of 28 workers at Port of Tauranga on March 1 launched the start of their Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination programme.
The Port of Tauranga began its vaccination roll-out on Monday with 28 workers receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Bay of Plenty District Health Board’s Covid-19 response manager Helen de Vere, said the first day of vaccinations went well with more to be administered each day. “It has been a very positive first day, with everyone involved appreciating how significant this effort is in keeping our community safe,” she said. “It has been a huge logistical effort involving a lot of people going above and beyond to get us to where we are now.”
Port of Tauranga workers have started receiving their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine today.
Hospital Security person Irene and registered nurse Wendy Thompson deliver the first of the COVID-19 vaccines to the Sulphur Point.
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Auckland workers were the first in the country to get the Pfizer-BioNTech injections at the end of February. In Te Moana a Toi-Bay of Plenty, 28 port workers received the Covid-19 vaccine today.
The nationwide immunisation programme aims to have all the country s 12,000 border and managed isolation and quarantine staff vaccinated first, followed by their household contacts.
Today, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the country was set to be on target for where it expected to be, with about 1500 people vaccinated so far.
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Press Release – Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Former All Black captain and winger Stu Wilson can now add another name to the list of teams he has represented, the Tauranga Hospital Orderlies.
Many will remember Stu from his rugby-playing heyday of the late 70s and early 80s, when the charismatic winger with the jinking sidestep once held the record for the number of All Black test tries. He’s now just as proud to be wearing the Orderlies uniform.
“I’ve had a few wee issues with my heart and had a stent put in here at Tauranga Hospital a while back,” said Stu, who moved to Tauranga from Auckland three years ago for love, getting married in October last year. “They put me back on the road to recovery, absolutely lovely people, and it got me thinking this wouldn’t be a bad place to work. I had this image that I could actually give something back and I’d just retired so I had the time.”