Text service to support disabled people to get vaccinated

Please let disabled people and people living with impairments know they can now text 8988 for access to vaccine information, help to book a vaccination appointment or support with transport.

The Disability COVID Vaccination Healthline team is available between 8am and 8pm from Monday to Friday.

Misinformation

 A new animated resource A Brief History of Misinformation is now available. This offers advice and guidance for talking with those affected by misinformation. This resource is available to download from the COVID-19 Resource Toolkit. 

Further details on misinformation, scams and online harm is available at Covid19.govt.nz/misinformation.