Queensland’s Indigenous communities push back against vaccine hesitancy | ABC News

Aboriginal elders and teenagers are leading the push to get more people in Queensland’s Indigenous communities vaccinated. Subscribe: Read more here: Cherbourg elder Uncle Bevan Costello this week received his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. “I feel more confident now that I’m fully vaccinated that if I come into contact with COVID I should be OK because I’m a diabetic,“ Uncle Bevan said. Figures released earlier this week showed only 4.6 per cent of the Cherbourg population aged over 15 were fully vaccinated. It’s among the lowest vaccination rates in the nation. ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It’s news when you want it, from Australia’s most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: Like ABC News on Facebook: Follow ABC News on Instagram: Follow ABC News on Twitter: Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia