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Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has been given the green light for use in Australia. But is it the one you’ll get?
Australia’s medical regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, has approved the first COVID-19 vaccine for use.
Pfizer’s jab will be rolled out from late next month, after being given provisional approval.
The announcement was somewhat symbolic, occurring one year to the day the first COVID-19 cases were recorded in Australia.
But who is first in line? Are children able to get the jab? And where exactly can you get it?
Let’s look at the announcement in further detail.
Who gets it first?
Put simply, people who need protection the most will get the jab first.
The Government has outlined four specific groups who will be part of the first phase of its rollout strategy: frontline health care workers, aged care and disability staff, aged care…
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