Australia’s Pfizer purchase from vaccine-sharing Covax stockpile under fire

If Mr Morrison has had to resort to accessing vaccines intended for developing countries, he should be upfront,' Penny Wong says

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Australia's purchase of 500,000 Pfizer doses from the global vaccine-sharing Covax initiative has renewed debate about whether more Covid-19 vaccines should be reserved for developing countries.

On Tuesday Labor and the Australian Council for International Development questioned Australia's purchase of 500,000 doses from the World Health Organization-run scheme, which was first announced by the health minister, Greg Hunt, on 6 June.