Health
NZ agrees new virus vaccine deal – Seymour Telegraph
New Zealand has agreed a deal to buy up to five million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Janssen Pharmaceutica, which if realised would see every New Zealander receive a vaccine by 2022.Science Minister Megan Woods announced on Thursday an in-principle agreement with the Belgian company, owned by US giants Johnson & Johnson.
“We expect a formal advance purchase agreement to be finalised in coming weeks,” Ms Woods said.
She said New Zealand, like Australia, was taking a “portfolio approach” to buying…
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