Australia has fallen behind Europe and North America in securing more supplies of the Pfizer vaccine for future years, as nations start buying booster shots to prepare for new coronavirus strains.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the government would act on advice from Commonwealth medical experts to buy more doses if required to add to contracts that promise 66 million doses from the end of this year.
The Canadian government struck an agreement with Pfizer in April to buy up to 125 million doses of the company’s vaccine in 2022 and 2023, more than three times the country’s population.last year and did not do enough to diversify supply, leaving the country exposed when problems emerged with the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by CSL in Melbourne.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said he would arrange for more booster shots if the medical experts recommended the move.Mr Hunt said he was working with the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group and would arrange for more booster shots if the medical experts recommended the move. “The supply of protein-based vaccines like Novavax will be great, having the possibility of the Johnson & Johnson with one dose will be good, and Moderna will be coming good soon.”
The government dismissed a report from the ABC on Monday saying former prime minister Kevin Rudd had spoken to Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla about increasing supplies to Australia. Assuming two doses of the Pfizer vaccine per person, the Canadian agreement is enough to inoculate the entire population of 38 million, across all ages, more than twice.
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