It is great to see Rachel’s work in relation to the COVID-19 response and subsequent vaccine rollout in the Eastern BOP recognised with the award of a Community Service Medal by the the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners.
Staff and patients have really missed Rachel during her secondment to this role so it is excellent to see her work recognised and rewarded.
COVID vaccination has now been extended to Group 4 which includes all over the age of 60. This includes anyone over 16 with certain underlying conditions. Please visit the the DHB Covid Vaccination website for current details.
Vaccinations are by appointment only so please phone 0800 829 001 to book your appointment.
COVID vaccination continues to roll out over the Bay of Plenty with a clinic in Kawerau every Monday and Tuesday. All people in Group 3 are currently eligible. This includes all over 65 years of age and anyone over 16 with certain underlying conditions. Please visit the the DHB Covid Vaccination website for current details.
Vaccinations are by appointment only so please phone 0800 829 001 to book your appointment.
Next week there will only be a Influenza Vaccination Clinic on Thursday 29 April from 2:30 to 4pm. This is still only for patients aged 65 and over.
We have had an excellent response to date with many vaccinations done. The vaccine for those under 65 will become available next month and we will update details once this has arrived
Our website has been back in operation since yesterday morning. This frustrating outage was caused by issues with an update that was exacerbated by a webhost solution that made the problem much worse and required repeated support calls over 4 days to finally resolve. Testing over the past 24 hours has revealed no issues and the update to a secure site has been achieved.