Australia, New Zealand receive COVID-19 vaccines, inoculations to start

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SYDNEY: Australia and New Zealand have received their first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines and will begin rolling out inoculations in the coming ...

"The Eagle has landed," Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt told reporters in Canberra on Monday as the first shipment of 142,000 doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech touched down.In New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the first batch of 60,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines had arrived and would undergo safety checks before border workers start receiving vaccinations from Saturday.

The leader of Victoria said it was too early to say if the five-day lockdown would end as planned on Wednesday evening. Its over 6 million residents are required to stay home except for essential shopping and work, caregiving and outdoor exercise. New Zealand was ranked the best performing nation among almost 100 in an index by Australia's Lowy Institute based on containment of the coronavirus.

 

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