Covid-19 vaccine on offer to general public in Reefton starting this week
(File image). Photo: Supplied / Ministry of Health The little town of 900 is the first in New Zealand to have the shots on offer to the general public. West Coast District Health Board operations manager Phil Wheble told the DHB board meeting on Friday that the focus until now had been to immunise front-line health care workers and people in aged care, with 1240 people vaccinated on the West Coast to date. "In Reefton, we have the capacity to vaccinate the health workers and anyone else we can - so it's an opportunity to test our systems for the whole community." Board chairperson Rick Barke...
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