As part of the swap deal Australia will receive 500,000 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from Singapore this week and return the same number of doses in December.
the deal on Tuesday which will allow Australia early access to the Pfizer doses that were earmarked for use in Singapore.Morrison noted that the swap deal allows his government to accelerate the country’s vaccination program “at this critical time” when it faces its worst outbreak of the pandemic.
The 500,000 Pfizer doses will be administered in addition to the 4.5 million shots already planned for September, Morrison said. The additional doses will be provided to all states and territories on an equal population basis after the batch testing, the prime minister added.
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