Aboriginal Covid cases climb as Australian vaccination ‘surge’ falls short

Calls for greater resources as Aboriginal people disproportionately forced to live with Covid'

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New data shows Aboriginal people in NSW and the ACT have been heavily and disproportionately affected by Covid-19, amid concerns that even after two months of surge" efforts in 30 Indigenous communities, vaccination rates will not be high enough to withstand further outbreaks.

Ten per cent of all Covid cases in NSW and the ACT are Aboriginal and Islander people, meaning they have been affected at twice the rate of other Australians.

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