New Zealand Covid minister urges patience in wait for vaccine approval
by Staff and agencies from Science | The Guardian on (#5B744)
Chris Hipkins says it is understandable that other countries in much worse situations have fast-tracked approval
New Zealand's Covid-19 minister has called for patience in the country's vaccine roll-out programme, saying he was unlikely to follow the UK in using emergency provisions to fast-track approval.
Covid-19 minister Chris Hipkins said: We are in a slightly different position to other countries who are using emergency provisions to approve the vaccine, and in many cases those countries are doing that because they are suffering hugely from Covid, with thousands of people dying every day."
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