There are calls to prioritise vaccinating Aboriginal children in the west of NSW following a significant rise in COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities - via NITV.
Aboriginal communities in Western New South Wales remain on high alert after a significant rise in COVID-19 cases overnight.
“A lot of our children, especially the ones I look after, do have chronic health issues themselves,” Dr Perrin told NITV News. “We do expect to see more cases emerge. In the sewage detection, there has been COVID-19 detected in the Bathurst region, in Parkes and Bourke," - NSW Deputy CHO Dr Marianne Gale.
Wiradjuri/Wailwan woman Teela Reid said we need to make sure we are protecting First Nations children from the virusA record number of 390 cases of the virus were announced by the state government on Friday, with two more deaths – an unvaccinated woman in her 40’s from south-western Sydney and a man in his 90’s in an aged care facility in Newcastle.
NSW Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Marianne Gale said the case numbers in the state’s west are likely to increase. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are a priority group for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out program. Despite high-Indigenous population regions such as north-west NSW, they have some of the worst vaccination rates in the state.
“In the broader community there is a propensity – more likely circumstance would be to see a family member is moving between households. Our big effort this morning is to try and get that message through to locals to stick just within your own household.”
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