The first Indigenous COVID death reminds us of the outsized risk NSW communities face

Kalinda Griffiths

The first Indigenous COVID death reminds us of the outsized risk NSW communities face

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On Sunday, New South Wales saw four more deaths from COVID-19. One of them was a man from Dubbo who was in his 50s and unvaccinated. It was the first COVID-19 death of a First Nations person in Australia.

Aboriginal communities in remote areas have been pleading with the government for help with medical resourcing and food for families. It was recently found there were pleas for protection against COVID in Wilcannia, with Aboriginal health organisation Maari Ma Aboriginal Health contacting Ken Wyatt about this back in March last year.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 31 Aug 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Indigenous health
Pandemic
NSW
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
overcrowding
COVID-19
Aboriginal children
health accessibility

UN SDGs

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The first Indigenous COVID death reminds us of the outsized risk NSW communities face

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