In Raiatea and Nuku Hiva, the vaccine will initially be reserved for healthcare workers.
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Posted on January 10, 2021 at 5:12 p.m., updated January 10, 2021 at 5:29 pm
The vaccination campaign should start in a few days. The approximately 14,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine arrived Thursday, January 7 evening by plane. They were greeted by the High Commissioner as well as members of the government.
The vaccination will be done immediately after the vaccine arrives
The priority for the moment are people residing in Tahiti and Moorea over 75 years old, these are the people considered most at risk. But there are also medical personnel from Tahiti, Moorea, and also from Raiatea and Nuku Hiva; the two islands of Polynesia where health services are decentralized.
About forty volunteers …
Thus, at Nulu Hiva, the majority of staff are already volunteering for vaccination. Murielle Arondeau, director of the hospital contacted by phone by David Chang indicated that “80% of the employees of his establishment should be vaccinated. She also talks about how the vaccine should be sent to the island and the conditions for administering those first doses.
Murielle Arondeau, director of the Nuku Hiva hospital
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