Child vaccination rates in areas like south Auckland remain in a state of crisis as healthcare providers are stuck in a post-Covid-19 catch-up phase, according to an expert.
Figures from the Ministry of Health, covering the period between 1 July and 30 September last year, show just 65 percent of children in Counties Manukau were fully vaccinated at six months old.
Dr Nikki Turner is the medical director of the University of Auckland's Immunisation Advisory Centre. She said while vaccination numbers could often improve as providers "catch-up", the situation was dire.
Good luck with that, as the word "Vaccine" is now tainted due to how Covid was handled.