New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low

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New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low

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Abandoning the elimination strategy while vaccine coverage rates remain low among the most vulnerable people would be reckless and irresponsible. In short, more Māori and Pasifika people would die

Collin Tukuitonga is associate dean Pacific and associate professor of public health at University of Auckland

Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national COVID-19 elimination strategy has failed or is even being a