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Ministry of Health seeking flu vaccines to meet extra demand
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English - May 14, 2020 06:36 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Despite sourcing an extra 400,000 flu vaccines this year, New Zealand still might not have enough to cover all its vulnerable groups.
The Ministry of Health has admitted it's working to source additional vaccines to meet the increased demand this year.
But GPs say it needs to improve both its ordering and distribution of the flu vaccine to ensure high-risk groups are looked after in the future. Charlotte Cook reports.