Australia approves COVID-19 vaccine as travel bubble with NZ is suspended

Prime Minister Scott Morrison at press conference at Parliament House in Canberra

Source: AAP

The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has been provisionally approved for use in Australia with the first jabs set for late next month. The major development comes as Australia temporarily suspends quarantine-free travel for New Zealanders arriving in Australia.


The Therapeutic Goods Administration ((TGA)) has ticked off on the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for people aged 16 and over, after it met strict standards around safety, quality and efficacy.  Two doses at least 21 days apart will be required, with aged care and disability residents and workers, frontline healthcare staff, as well as quarantine and border employees at the front of the queue.


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