Covid 19 coronavirus: Will NZ be left high and dry in global movement for vaccinated countries?
4 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Watch: Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins receives his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, as does Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall.
Watch: Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins receives his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, as does Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall. All of that is just a big, fat question mark at this point. That s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins retort to suggestions that New Zealand is being left behind in what is slowly becoming the vaccinated western world.
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