An Aboriginal man from Dubbo has become the first person in regional New South Wales to die of COVID-19 during the state’s current outbreak | CameronGooley
An Aboriginal man from Dubbo has become the first person in regional New South Wales to die of COVID-19 during the state’s current outbreak.
Wiradjuri woman Linda Burney, the shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians, said the man’s death was preventable. 51 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state’s west, bringing the total number in the region to 561Around 65 per cent of those cases are Aboriginal people, who have been prioritised for the coronavirus vaccine rollout due to their vulnerable status.Despite this, only 6.3 per cent of Indigenous people in western NSW are fully vaccinated, compared to a figure of 26 per cent for the general population.
The rates of Indigenous vaccinations across other local government areas in the health district also lag far behind those of the general population. “We’re particularly concerned about the case numbers in far west and western NSW because of the over-representation of Aboriginal people, and the likelihood that COVID will be - and is - touching Aboriginal people more disproportionately,” Dr Chant said.
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