Covid 19 Delta outbreak: The 90% Project - Tauranga resident encourages people to get vaccinated

Lucy Brewerton got the Covid-19 vaccination for herself and her younger brother who has cystic fibrosis. Photo / George Novak

Mount Maunganui's Lucy Brewerton got the Covid-19 vaccination not only for herself but also for her younger brother, Hamish Mountfort, who has cystic fibrosis.

This comes as a major national campaign aimed at getting 90 per cent of eligible New Zealanders vaccinated by Christmas has been launched by NZME media titles including the Bay of Plenty Times.

The campaign, titled The 90% Project, is being rolled out across the country to encourage New Zealanders to get the jab, along with information on how to get vaccinated and ways to encourage others to join.

The 24-year-old, a student and nanny, said her mother had "really been encouraging" her to get vaccinated because Brewerton may also carry the cystic fibrosis gene.

The cystic fibrosis gene was a recessive gene, so she did not know if she had it, but there was a 60 per cent chance that she did.

"A study found that those people are actually really vulnerable to Covid-19," she told the Bay of Plenty Times Weekend.

"I could actually be at greater risk, but I'm not sure."

While Brewerton did not live with her brother, she saw him "quite often" and got vaccinated to protect him too.

Brewerton said she would have got vaccinated anyway because it was "important for everyone to protect each other".

The vaccination process was "really easy" and a lot quicker than she thought it would be, she said.

She fully supported the 90% Project and thought the campaign was "great" and hoped that it would work.