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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine gets formal approval in New Zealand, high-risk people will be first to get the jab – ABC News
New Zealand will first administer COVID-19 vaccines to quarantine personnel, frontline health workers and airline staff, as the Government formally approves its…
New Zealand quarantine personnel, frontline health workers and airline staff will be the first to receive their COVID-19 vaccine, after the Government formally approved its use on Wednesday.
Key points:
- Authorities expect the Pfizer vaccine to arrive in the country by the end of March
- NZ has had just fewer than 2,000 confirmed cases, and 25 deaths since the pandemic began
- The country is also investigating the safety of other manufacturers’ vaccines
New Zealand’s medicines regulator last week provisionally…
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