Despite being a priority group, COVID-19 vaccinations in Indigenous Australians continue to cause concern for politicians desperate to reopen borders, however one community near Alice Springs have turned that on its head with 94% of the eligible population having received at least one dose.
Around 200 people living in the community nestled in sandstone valley said the vaccination rate can be accredited to the Indigenous-controlled central Australian congress, and not the North Territory government.
This news follows just yesterday when Indigenous leaders in remote and regional communities plead with authorities not to open the floodgates and let COVID-19 spread to their regions when borders reopen.