State and federal health departments have been accused of abandoning Aboriginal communities of western NSW as vaccination rates in the region are among the lowest in the nation.
Less than 20% of the Aboriginal population aged 16 and over in western NSW had received one dose of any vaccine, and only 8% are fully vaccinated, according to the peak body representing Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations, Naccho.
The NSW health minister, Brad Hazzard, says he had asked his federal counterpart, Greg Hunt, for support with pop-up vaccination clinics and Australian Defence Force personnel or medical staff.
Mr Hazards also confirmed that the majority of Aboriginal people in western NSW have not received the vaccine.