Health Department Responds to Claims Poor Communication Hampered Vaccination in Remote Regions

Health Department Responds to Claims Poor Communication Hampered Vaccination in Remote Regions
Senator Patrick Dodson and Senator Malarndirri McCarthy arrive in the Senate at Parliament House on October 06, 2020 in Canberra, Australia Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images
Steve Milne
Updated:

The Australian Department of Health has responded to allegations by NT Senator Malarndirri McCarthy that poor communication by the Federal Government early in the pandemic is responsible for the low vaccination rates in many remote Aboriginal communities.

This comes on the back of comments the Labor senator made earlier in the week that she believes a communication misstep in the federal vaccination rollout allowed for misinformation from social media to overtake the government’s vaccination messaging.

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