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Australian health authorities stand firm on COVID-19 vaccination timeline despite Pfizer emergency approval in United States
Australian health authorities are continuing to stand firm on their March timeline for vaccinations against coronavirus, despite the emergency approval of a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.
Key points:
- Health authorities in Australia are sticking with their March timeline to rollout the COVID-19 vaccine
- Experts say we have nothing to lose by waiting a few months, but something to gain
- Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says Australia is in talks to secure more doses of Pfizer’s vaccine.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the use of Pfizer’s jab, with the first inoculations expected within days.
But while the United Kingdom, Canada, Bahrain and Mexico have also approved it for emergency use, Acting Chief…
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