Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone, the Director Pacific Health for the Ministry of Health, has a long-term medical condition. Gerardine shares her story and what made her decide to get the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Watch as she shares her personal journey in a series of five short videos
160 Pacific people and families were pleased to receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a successful Pacific Vaccination Day. The successful day marked the start of the Wellington Region’s DHB’s strategy to vaccinate more than 5000 Pacific people and their families over the coming months.
A combined effort by the Hutt Valley and Capital and Coast DHBs, Te Awakairangi and Pacific Health Services NaeNae, the roll out for Group 3 i.e. for Pacific, Maori older people, disabled people, people with long-term medical conditions was well received by the Hutt’s Pacific community.
Although the day was successful, some people are still worried about getting vaccinated. To help answer some of the questions people have been asking and to reassure them, here’s Clinical Nurse Lead for Pacific Health Services, Luana Penese in a series of short videos. (Over the coming months other health professionals will also answer peoples’ questions in a series of short videos.”
More than 90,000 Border, MIQ workers and their families, Frontline health and emergency workers and others in Groups 1 and 2, have now received their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
If you’re unsure about getting the Covid-19 vaccine watch, Rose Nimorata, a Clinical Specialty Nurse and trained vaccinator, based in the Hutt Valley. As a nurse, mother and daughter Rose explains why she chose to get vaccinated.
The staged roll out of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has started for Group One (Border, MIQ workers and their families) and Group Two (Frontline health and emergency workers, Older Pacific and Māori people living with whānau and the people they live with, and people living in long-term residential care) in the Wellington region and around the country.)
To find out which group you are in click here : <Questionnaire> to complete the online questions.
If you are unsure about getting the vaccine, watch this video of Otila Tefono a Clinical Specialty Nurse and trained vaccinator based in the Hutt Valley. < Video>
In the Wellington region the vaccines will be rolled out for Groups Three and Four in the coming months. The DHBs will confirm the details for Community Vaccination Centres as soon as dates and venues are confirmed.
Learn more about who’s in each group for our vaccine rollout. These dates are estimates — the actual start times will depend on when vaccines are delivered. Changes may also happen if we get new information that affects how the rollout will work.
The 4 Groups are:
