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New data shows Aboriginal people in New South Wales 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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