A vaccination centre is needed to help protect Dunedin's thousands of students from Covid-19, the Otago University Students Association (OUSA) says. But it appears the Southern District Health Board has no plans to open a walk-in centre on campus.
A drive-in vaccination centre has opened at the Edgar Centre, but OUSA president Michaela Waite-Harvey said many students did not have cars and could not travel that far.
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Doctors around the world have raised concerns about the higher rates of young people affected by the more contagious Delta variant.
Waite-Harvey said the current approach was not equitable or sensible.
"We're really looking at how can we get vaccines in an area where students can access it, and don't need a car as well."