New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low
- Written by: Collin Tukuitonga, Associate Dean Pacific and Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Auckland
GettyImagesAuckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national COVID-19 elimination strategy has failed or is even being abandoned. While the government denies it, others clearly believe it is at least a possibility.
The uncertainty is troubling. If elimination fails or is abandoned, it would suggest we...