13 Oct 2020

Covid-19: NZ govt secures deal for vaccine

From Morning Report, 7:47 am on 13 October 2020

The New Zealand government has announced its first agreement to purchase a Covid-19 vaccine.

The deal secures New Zealand enough doses of the drug for 750-thousand people.

But before that vaccine can be delivered, its makers Pfizer and BioNTech have to prove it works.

And there's no guarantee that it will.

The minister for Research, Science and Innovation Megan Woods speaks to Susie Ferguson.