Walgett immunisation team bolstered by Newcastle professors

By Kim Bartley
Updated August 20 2021 - 4:35pm, first published 2:30pm
JAB: University of Newcastle's Professor Rhonda Wilson, Professor Amanda Johnson and Associate Professor Donna Hartz don gowns and masks in order to give Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Walgett district the COVID-19 jab. Photo: CONTRIBUTED.
JAB: University of Newcastle's Professor Rhonda Wilson, Professor Amanda Johnson and Associate Professor Donna Hartz don gowns and masks in order to give Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Walgett district the COVID-19 jab. Photo: CONTRIBUTED.

Professors-cum-nurses have helped counter vaccination hesitancy among young Indigenous people in the Walgett district while giving the COVID-19 jab to many willing recipients including elders.

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