The first Covid vaccinations in Hawke's Bay have been given to frontline nurses, with border worker vaccination commencing this week. Public Health nurse and Covid-19 educator Linda St George was on Friday first in line of a group of primary care and Hawke's Bay public health workers to have the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. I have no worries about the vaccine's safety – there has been a huge amount of research and millions of people all around the world have had it," St George said. Linda St George receiving the Covid-19 vaccine last week from immunisation coordinator Fiona Jackson. Harker said border workers should be congratulated and applauded for the job they do every day protecting our borders.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 01, 2021 00:16 UTC