The first Covid vaccinations in Hawke's Bay have been given to frontline nurses, with border worker vaccination commencing this week.
Public Health nurse and Covid-19 educator Linda St George was on Friday first in line of a group of primary care and Hawke's Bay public health workers to have the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
She said she was excited to be one of the first people in the country to have the vaccine.
"It's great to be part of this. I have no worries about the vaccine's safety – there has been a huge amount of research and millions of people all around the world have had it," St George said.
![Linda St George receiving the Covid-19 vaccine last week from immunisation coordinator Fiona Jackson. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JBA3STHREMGSDCTODSNKBHFN6I.jpg?auth=3486c16ff080d0a87673c00149df337612ec1a9de74d07441a2a12395ce8deeb&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)