Chris Bowen says other countries struck deals for a billion doses of the Pfizer vaccine before Australia signed its agreement. Is he correct?
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Former opposition spokesman for health Chris Bowen says a billion doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine were accounted for around the world before the Government made a deal with the company in November.
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The first doses of Australia s COVID-19 vaccination program have at last been administered, but concerns have been expressed that the rollout will be slowed by supply constraints.
In announcing Australia s November deal with Pfizer to supply 10 million doses of its vaccine, Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed the agreement, along with another deal signed with Novavax for 50 million doses, had put Australia at the front of the queue .
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