The team that delivered more than 10,000 drive-in Covid vaccinations at the Edgar Centre this month has shifted to Forsyth Barr Stadium to shore up the immunity of Dunedin's student population. Te Kaika systems co-designer Raewyn Nafatali said the mass vaccination clinic opening this morning at the stadium was designed to deliver up to 6000 doses in two days — today and tomorrow.
The team had learned a lot after being nearly run off its feet on the first day at the Edgar Centre earlier this month. The team averaged more than 1000 doses a day in its 10-day run, Nafatali said.
Now, patients would register outside Forsyth Barr Stadium and then be brought in in cohorts, or "pods", of about 30 people, she said. Patients would sit facing others about to receive their Covid vaccination.