Crisis in western NSW as COVID-19 hits Aboriginal communities - a podcast by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

The situation facing the far-western NSW town of Wilcannia is dire.

As of Monday, 69 people in the town of 720 had tested positive for COVID-19, the highest transmission rate in the state.

Despite being identified as a priority group for vaccines 18 months ago, only 6.3 per cent of Aboriginal people in western NSW are fully vaccinated, compared with 26 per cent of the wider population.

Today on Please Explain, Gamilaroi man and Indigenous affairs reporter Cameron Gooley joins Bianca Hall to discuss the worsening outbreak among Aboriginal communities.

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