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Covid 19 coronavirus: What you need to know about NZ’s vaccine announcement – New Zealand Herald
NZ has its first Covid-19 vaccine purchase deal. Jamie Morton explains what that means.

The Government has announced its first Covid-19 vaccine purchase agreement. What does that mean? Science reporter Jamie Morton explains.
What’s been announced?
A deal that would get New Zealand about 1.5 million Covid-19 vaccines – or enough for 750,000 people.
But that’s subject to the makers of those vaccines – Pfizer and BioNTech – successfully completing Phase III clinical trials, and passing regulatory approvals here.
All going well, vaccines could be delivered to New Zealand as early a…
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