Stuff – Gloriavale leaders give community members option to have Covid-19 vaccine

  1. Home /
    2. Articles /
  2. Stuff – Gloriavale leaders give community members option to have Covid-19 vaccine
Articles

Stuff – Gloriavale leaders give community members option to have Covid-19 vaccine

Stuff – Gloriavale leaders give community members option to have Covid-19 vaccine
Articles

By Joanne Naish – Stuff – 01/10/2021

The leaders of the isolated Gloriavale Christian Community have told its members they can choose to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

This is a U-turn from its past anti-vaccination stance.

The community has previously blocked the West Coast from hitting immunisation targets as its babies are not given vaccines. The community has a population of about 500 and about 35 births a year.

Read more here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126551262/gloriavale-leaders-give-community-members-option-to-have-covid19-vaccine