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Australia’s first shipment of Pfizer vaccine due to arrive in coming week, Health Minister Greg Hunt confirms
Australia’s first shipment of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine will touch down this coming week with the Federal Government conceding distributing it across the country will not be a flawless exercise.
Key points:
- The Health Minister said the doses were due to arrive sometime this week
- He did not offer an exact date, saying he needed to be careful about details in a “highly competitive global world”
- The Deputy Prime Minister said rolling out the vaccine was not going to be an easy task
Health Minister Greg Hunt confirmed the first batch of the Belgium-made Pfizer jab is “scheduled to land in Australia before the end of the week, if not earlier”.
However, he remained tight lipped about the exact arrival date over fears that could put the product…
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