Pfizer says no change to Australian Covid vaccine doses, contradicting reports of ‘game-changing’ deal
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5M0VM)
Prime minister Scott Morrison says pace of vaccination rollout accelerating
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The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says there is no change in the number of doses the company has contracted to deliver to Australia over 2021 - contradicting reports asserting the Morrison government had secured a game-changing deal" to triple its access to the jabs.
The prime minister - who has been under significant political pressure because of the slow pace of the vaccination rollout, pressure that has ramped up during the lockdown of greater Sydney - embarked on a media blitz on Friday to argue the pace of the vaccination rollout was accelerating.
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