AstraZeneca Vaccine Provisionally Approved For NZ - Expert Reaction
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 5:39 pm New Zealand’s medicines regulator Medsafe has given the provisional green light to the AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the third Covid-19 vaccine approved for use among NZ’s adult population. The viral vector vaccine is one of four purchase agreements the government has made with pharmaceutical companies. Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said the country’s immunisation plan remains focused on rolling out the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. The SMC asked experts to comment on the news. Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Hinerangi), Clinical Dire...