A vaccination centre in Panmure, Auckland has been vandalised and its employees abused. Photograph / Jo Bartley, Twitter
By RNZ
A vaccination centre in Auckland has been focused by vandals.
The shopfront window on the Pasefika Household Well being Group in Panmure was smashed a day after a profitable group vaccination occasion.
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward Councillor Josephine Bartley mentioned on Fb the incident was “unacceptable”.
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“We is not going to tolerate violence, preserve your anti vax violence to your self please,” she wrote.
Workers on the centre say they’ve been focused with on-line abuse and threats.
Pacific Response Coordination Workforce chair Pakilau Manase Lua mentioned group members have gathered exterior the well being supplier.
“We have surrounded the clinic simply to indicate our assist and to safe the employees who’re in there immediately vaccinating.
“[It’s] very unhappy. That is one thing that all of us weren’t anticipating. We’re right here serving to individuals, saving lives, vaccinating the group, and to have this occur is simply atrocious.”
Police say they’re conscious of the incident and are making enquiries.
– RNZ
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