1 Mar 2022

South AK bearing the brunt of Omicron

From First Up, 5:43 am on 1 March 2022

The requirement to isolate at home means that tens of thousands of Covid cases and their contacts are relying on family or friends to bring them what they need while they recover. Without the care once provided by the MIQ system, those without those connections are entirely reliant on community groups, without whom they'd either have to go hungry or put others at risk by going to the shops ... that is, if they can even afford to. And as we've seen throughout the pandemic, it's those with the least who are suffering the most. And again, it's South Auckland bearing the brunt of Omicron. Our producer Matthew Theunissen hit the road with community leader and Covid-19 delta survivor Tuala Tagaloa Tusani, whose days are currently spent delivering necessities to some of the most vulnerable members of our community.