Medsafe sticking to vaccine rollout schedule

Medsafe sticking to vaccine rollout schedule
Rebecca Howard
Medsafe is sticking to the current timetable for the rollout of covid-19 vaccines despite calls from the opposition National Party to fast-track it.“As things currently stand, NZ expects to start vaccinating frontline workers from the second quarter of this year, and the general public in the second half of this year,” a ministry of health spokesperson reiterated. Opposition leader Judith Collins this week said the government should accelerate the rollout in the light of new, highly-infectious variants.“Kiwis are rightly...

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