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New Zealand to give extra Covid vaccines to Pacific Islands – for free

With a population of just five million, the country now expects to have triple the number of vaccines required - so will offer spares to close-by nations for free.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2020-12-20 10:37
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Jacina Ardern has announced that New Zealand will offer free coronavirus vaccines to its neighbouring Pacific Islands.

The Kiwi prime minister revealed on Thursday that the country – which has effectively eliminated Covid-19 – has secured deals for two additional vaccines. 

Prior to signing the new deals for the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Novavax jabs, New Zealand had already secured close to five million doses of various vaccines. But it will now have an additional 18.3 million.

With a population of just five million, the country now expects to have triple the number of vaccines required – so will offer spares to close-by nations for free.

“We now have agreements in place with four providers, covering three different types of vaccine technology and we have secured more than enough doses to cover our entire population plus the Pacific,” Ardern said.

Free doses will be provided to Tokelau, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu, NPR reported. 

And Nanaia Mahuta – the country’s foreign minister – said that New Zealand is committing $65 million of development assistance money to support Pacific nations to “access safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines at the earliest opportunity.”

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