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New Zealand vaccinators receive COVID-19 jab ahead of formal… – Thomson Reuters Foundation
HEALTH–CORONAVIRUS/NEWZEALAND-VACCINE (PIX, TV):New Zealand vaccinators receive COVID-19 jab ahead of formal rollout
Feb 19 (Reuters) – New Zealand officials injected a small group of medical professionals with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, in preparation for a wider rollout over the weekend.
The group chosen for the test run were vaccinators who will be administering the inoculation to border and quarantine staff from Saturday.
Health Director-General Ashley Bloomfield said the test run gave vaccinators the opportunity to handle the vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, which requires…
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