NZ has enough covid vaccines for everyone - Ardern

NZ has enough covid vaccines for everyone - Ardern
Rebecca Howard
New Zealand has purchased enough covid-19 vaccines for every Kiwi and Pacific islander with an aim to roll-out to the general population in the September quarter of 2021 — but border settings won’t change right off the bat.  “We now have agreements in place with four providers, covering three different types of vaccine technology and we have secured more than enough doses to cover our entire population plus the Pacific,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.The latest batches will be purchased from AstraZeneca and Nov...

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