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New Zealand provisionally approves use of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
New Zealand’s medicine regulator Medsafe has provisionally approved the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Key points:
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Medsafe has taken extra precautions before approving the vaccine
- Doses of the vaccine are expected to arrive in the country by the end of March
- Pressure had been mounting on the Government over the speed of approval for a coronavirus vaccine
The vaccines are expected to arrive in New Zealand by the end of March, the Government said, adding that people at highest risk would be vaccinated before the broader community from the second half of the year.
“The provisional approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is a positive step in New Zealand’s fight against COVID-19,” Prime…
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