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Coronavirus vaccine rollout begins in Western Australia with two hotel quarantine nurses
Two hotel quarantine nurses have become the first people in Western Australia to be given the COVID-19 vaccine.
Key points:
- The Pfizer vaccine was the first approved for use in Australia
- More than 200 people will receive the shot in WA today
- WA Premier Mark McGowan says the vaccine will save lives
Four thousand five hundred doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine arrived at Perth Airport yesterday and were stored overnight in a Perth Children’s Hospital pharmacy freezer at minus 80 degrees Celsius.
It is the first COVID vaccine approved for use in Australia by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
Chief Health Officer Dr Andy Robertson said he was excited about the program.
“This is actually a…
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