Te Pūnaha Matatini director Shaun Hendy. Te Pūnaha Matatini professor Michael Plank. "[Te Pūnaha Matatini] notes that communities with 'relatively low vaccine coverage' or 'high contact rates' will remain vulnerable to major outbreaks," he said. Photo / FileUniversity of Otago epidemiologist Nick Wilson said Te Pūnaha Matatini's estimations were "plausible", but predicted the targets would be "extremely difficult" to reach. National potential vaccine uptake, as per the latest Ministry of Health update, was 80 per cent - up from 77 per cent in April.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 29, 2021 17:03 UTC