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Dr Krishan Thiru from the company said Pfizer's understanding was that the European Union would not block exports of the vaccine from its Belgium plant, from which Australia will get its first doses, but that it had sought further information. "The information that I have is it's a notification process ... to provide transparency about where doses are going outside of Europe."
Dr Krishan Thiru from Pfizer said, 'We're awaiting further information on the actual process, but our understanding is it is not an export control, it's a notification process in the interest of transparency and providing clarity to the EU that are being produced in Europe'