A push is on for vaccine uptake, as Baie Verte area has lowest rate amid growing COVID-19 cases
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The Baie Verte area of Newfoundland has the lowest completed vaccination rate on the island, an issue health officials are trying to understand as a COVID-19 cluster grows in the region.
The area has 42 COVID-19 cases connected to it as of Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Monika Dutt, chief medical officer of health for the Central Health region, told CBC News health officials are trying to figure out why two-dose vaccination numbers are significantly lower in the area.
Dutt said geography could be a factor, and Central Health is beginning to offer more vaccine clinics in light of new COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in the area.
Vaccine clinics are now open in Baie Verte and La Scie. Additional clinics opened on Thursday in Middle Arm at the town hall, with another opening on Friday at the College of the North Atlantic campus in Baie Verte.
"We're trying to bring the vaccine as close to people as possible," Dutt said.
Dutt said there may also be people who are simply choosing not to get the vaccine, while adults under 40 may just be too busy, something Dutt said has been a consistent trend in other areas of the province.
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