Aboriginal health leaders confident Pfizer coronavirus vaccine can finish AstraZeneca’s job

Health officials are confident they can overcome the enormous challenge of delivering the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine — which needs to be stored at below-Arctic temperatures — to some of the hottest and most remote parts of Australia.

The Pfizer shot is now the preferred vaccine for Australians under 50 after health guidelines were updated amid concerns around the risk of blood clotting.

Several Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) — some of which had begun…