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Inflatable dinghies and Zoom medical training: how a remote Pacific atoll got Pfizer
Tokelau, one of the most inaccessible atolls in the world, can only be reached by small boat, but received boxes of vaccine this week
The elders of Nukunonu atoll in Tokelau at the wharf on Monday morning, dressed in white and singing songs, held a banner that said: “Welcome”.
In the distance, a small inflatable boat made its way to them carrying a New Zealand defence officer dressed in full protective gear and 12 precious boxes. Inside the boxes were just over 700 doses of Pfizer vaccine, enough to cover the 346 residents of Nukunono who are eligible for the vaccine.
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