Australia still seeking extra jabs for PNG – Cowra Guardian

Australia is still pleading with Europe to get one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for Papua New Guinea as it battles a coronavirus outbreak.
“It’s a very tense and ongoing discussion,” health department boss Brendan Murphy told a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Wednesday.
“AstraZeneca are doing everything they can, our diplomatic colleagues are doing everything they can.”
Professor Murphy could not say how confident he was the discussions would be successful.
“If we don’t succeed…

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