Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine supply is still patchy. But will other vaccines help fill the void?

Wind your mind back to early February.

A time when most of Europe and the US — still hibernating in a long, bitter pandemic winter — were well into rolling out their respective vaccine programs.

In a big announcement, Health Minister Greg Hunt said the government — which at the time was still three weeks away from conducting its first jab — had worked “quietly, behind the scenes” to secure an extra “10 million doses” of the Pfizer vaccine.  

It was, and still is, one of the most highly effective and most sought-after vaccines worldwide.   

“We now have access to over 150 million vaccine doses, ensuring we remain a world leader in the fight against the virus,” Mr Hunt said at the time. 

“It’s enough to vaccinate…