45%ofCovid vaccinations firstdoses

• Published date: 08 November 2021

Gore Mayor Tracy Hicks and Southland Mayor Gary Tong toured Southland last week, taking caravans and WellSouth staff across the region in a push to get more people vaccinated.

Provisional numbers provided by the SDHB showed 285 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were delivered during the five-day-tour, which visited 24 communities.

Of that number, about 130 were first doses, a SDHB spokeswoman said.

SDHB COVID-19 vaccine rollout programme lead Karl Metzler was pleased with the numbers.

‘‘This was a great effort, and we are very appreciative to the mayors, councils and the vaccination teams who supported the initiative,’’ Mr Metzler said.

‘‘They were able to reach into some of...