Starting yesterday at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Oamaru Pacific Island Community Group general manager Hana Halalele said the group tried to make people feel calm and ‘‘OK’’.
The clinic had translators, greeters, nibbles, drinks and music.
Volunteers from Tumai Ora and Waitaki Migrant Support, the Oamaru Pacific Island Community Group worked together to make the community aware of the clinic, and were once again pulling together to help the process run smoothly.
Hoping to remove any barriers, they reached out to various communities and work places, and helped 300 people book manually.
The clinic targeted Maori and Pasifika communities, as well as people in vaccine rollout group three — those at risk of getting very sick from Covid-19.
But it was open to the general public, regardless of grouping.
A team from Otakou Health Ltd came up from Dunedin to help run the clinic.
Today was expected to be the clinic’s biggest day, with 210 people registered.
The clinic had the capacity to administer 1000 vaccine doses and Mrs Halalele did not want to see any go to waste.
Each vial had the capacity for six vaccinations, but they needed to be used by a certain time.
Though fully booked, there would be a walk-in session on Friday from 2pm to 5pm for people to register on site and get their first dose.
Saturday would be the last day of the clinic until its follow-up, between August 3 and 8.
