Surge in demand for COVID vaccines as lockdown bites

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Surge in demand for COVID vaccines as lockdown bites

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle
Unichem Rototuna {image supplied]
Unichem Rototuna in Hamilton has been administering more than 500 COVID vaccinations some days

Another nationwide lockdown led to a sudden jump in demand for COVID-19 jabs, leaving pharmacy teams around New Zealand scrambling to meet the public’s need to be vaccinated. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

The announcement of Alert Level 4 lockdown restrictions in response to the Delta variant COVID-19 outbreak saw pharmacist vaccinators swamped with a s