Doctors and community health workers call south Auckland the front line in the fight to keep the virus out and say that understandably makes many locals very anxious. "We've seen the outbreaks happen in South Auckland so it would make real sense for the community of South Auckland to be offered the vaccine as a group of priority persons," Collins said. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has not ruled out prioritising vaccine roll-out for the South Auckland community. Hipkins pointed out that some living in south Auckland would already have been vaccinated by then. "The airport is at south Auckland and a lot of the people who are working in those jobs live in south Auckland and so them and their families are going to be very highly represented," he said.

Source: Stuff February 25, 2021 16:18 UTC