Several drive-through vaccination clinics are being held in the Bay this weekend as the Bay of Plenty District Health Board urges people to get vaccinated and boosted amid rising Covid cases and hospitalisations.
A vaccination drive-through will be at the Tauranga Racecourse this weekend: Saturday from 10am to 2pm and Sunday from 10am to 3pm.
Te Manu Toroa is hosting a vaccination clinic at Te Akau Hauora in Pāpāmoa Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 3pm.
Vaccination drive-throughs in Ōpōtiki, Kawerau and Murupara are open until 3pm Saturday.
The board's Covid-19 programme senior responsible officer Brent Gilbert-De Rios said: "Omicron is here and it's impacting our communities and whānau."