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Most people in Australia will get AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says
While the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will likely be the first to get approval in Australia, most of us will end up receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says.
Key points:
- The vaccine rollout is projected to start next month
- The first vaccine to be released is expected to be the Pfizer shot, followed closely by the AstraZeneca jab
- Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says Australians will be told “everything they need to know” about the vaccines in the coming weeks
During a national coronavirus update, Professor Kelly said the fact the Pfizer vaccine needed to be made overseas meant we would be getting large supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
“We know that the Pfizer vaccine is the one that will have the…
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