8 Jul 2021

Covid-19: Canterbury vaccine rollout under close scrutiny

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 8 July 2021

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout for Canterbury is under close scrutiny after the District Health Board admitted it won't be getting started on group four until mid-September.

It was already well behind on the plan for Group three which includes the over 65s - RNZ revealed in May that injections for those people wouldn't be starting until July, two months behind the national plan, because it didn't have enough doses to start before then.

The Covid-19 Response Minister has told the District Health Board to stick to the government's timeframe, but that doesn't look likely to happen.

Kim Moodie has more.