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Aboriginal health groups fighting ‘pockets of vaccine hesitancy’ in remote areas of NT as uptake plateaus
Doctors fear a Covid outbreak could be devastating for vulnerable communities where overcrowding poses a challenge for self-isolation
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Aboriginal community health organisations say they are working to combat “pockets of vaccine hesitancy” in vulnerable and remote parts of the Northern Territory, where doctors fear a Covid outbreak could have devastating consequences.
The speed of the Territory’s vaccine rollout seems be plateauing more quickly than in other states, largely due to much slower rates of uptake in some remote Indigenous communities.
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