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Chris Bowen says other countries struck deals for a billion doses of the Pfizer vaccine before Australia signed its agreement. Is he correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check WedWednesday 10 updated WedWednesday 10 MarMarch 2021 at 10:36pm Former opposition spokesman for health Chris Bowen says a billion doses of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine were accounted for around the world before the Government made a deal with the company in November. ( Share Print text only The claim The first doses of Australias COVID-19...

Print this page While the first shots against COVID-19 are rolling out in the United States, Britain and Canada, nearly a quarter of the worlds population likely will not have access to a vaccine until at least 2022, according to a new study.  Even in a best-case scenario, the world does not have the manufacturing capacity to cover the entire global population.   Wealthier countries made deals to buy the bulk of vaccine doses before the shots have even finished testing or received regul...