Only one in three people from remote Aboriginal communities in the Barkly region are fully vaccinated. Now, the biggest town in the region has recorded four new COVID-19 cases.
Only one in three people living in remote Aboriginal communities in the Barkly region are fully vaccinated and authorities are concerned about potential spread after four new COVID-19 cases were today recorded in the area's biggest town.NT Health data shows 35 per cent of people living in remote Aboriginal communities in the Barkly region are fully vaccinated
Barkly Regional Council mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin says he has been waiting for a confirmed case in Tennant Creek since coronavirus was detected in the town's wastewater last weekend."Everyone's a bit worried … but we've got to take this day by day, there's no time to freak out." shows 35 per cent of people living in remote Aboriginal communities in the Barkly region are fully vaccinated and 47 per cent of residents are partially protected.
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