29 Apr 2021

Northland doctor not shocked by lagging vaccination numbers

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 29 April 2021

A Northland family doctor is not surprised that the region is lagging behind in terms of its Covid-19 vaccination target.

Health Ministry figures show that Northland is the worst performing DHB when it comes to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, falling short of its target by almost 4000 doses.

Andrew Miller says the size of the region alone makes it a massive undertaking with many challenges.

Dr Miller spoke to Susie Ferguson.