Aboriginal health groups fighting ‘pockets of vaccine hesitancy’ in remote areas of NT as uptake plateaus

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Doctors fear a Covid outbreak could be devastating for vulnerable communities where overcrowding poses a challenge for self-isolation

“I hear [from people in remote communities] who say that ‘it’s a white man’s disease’ … or ‘I’m young I won’t get infected’,” says John Paterson, the chief executive of the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory .

 

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