Thousands of Australian Vaccines Head for Pacific

Thousands of Australian Vaccines Head for Pacific
A medical worker prepares an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine during preparations at the vaccine center in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany, on March 22, 2021. Matthias Schrader/AP Photo
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Australia will soon begin sharing its vaccine stockpile with nations in the Pacific, despite the derailment of its own inoculation plan at a time when hotel quarantine systems are reporting an influx of COVID patients.

At least 10,000 Australian-manufactured doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are to be distributed each week to help the country’s neighbours inoculate their highest-risk populations at a time when the international supply is constrained.

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