5 Jul 2021

Hard work ensured Pfizer vaccines' early arrival - Ardern

From Morning Report, 7:09 am on 5 July 2021

A shipment of 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived in the country - two days ahead of schedule - and will be distributed among District Health Boards from today.

The shipment, which is the New Zealand's largest yet, touched down in Auckland yesterday afternoon, and were taken straight to the storage and distribution centre, where quality checks were carried out.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report it has taken a lot of hard work to ensure its early arrival.