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Dairy farmer Seruwaia Kabukabu told SBS News a lack of information and connectivity in the remote area - on the outskirts of Suva - are key reasons why many were initially hesitant, as well as"Everyone is on Facebook, everyone is sending messages around saying if you have the vaccine you get metal inside your blood, if you have the vaccine you will be tracked.
"We were telling everybody that the vaccination drive will be held here, we will be having the transport come over to your door, to [pick up] your families and whoever else wants to come. "We’ve achieved quite high vaccination rates with our normal vaccination program. Now we want to achieve the same with children," Dr James Fong, Fiji's permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health, told SBS News.Dr Fong, who has been spearheading Fiji’s COVID-19 response, said 60 per cent of children aged 15-17 have already had two vaccinations, while the rollout for those aged 12-14 launched over the weekend.
In Australia, as of 5 December, 68 per cent of children aged 12-15 had been fully vaccinated. National medicines regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration on Sunday provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of five to 11, with the rollout expected to begin in January pending further approvals.
Bring on the propaganda.... what variants?... we know of only one... Omicron... and we know for a FACT that it is a mutant from the common cold. A mere sniffle to a child.
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