Around a quarter of a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine bought from Spain will arrive in New Zealand this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday, boosting the country's inoculation programme.
A medical worker administers a COVID-19 test at a testing clinic during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease outbreak in Auckland, New Zealand, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Fiona GoodallCOVID-19 vaccine bought from Spain will arrive in New Zealand this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday, boosting the country's inoculation programme.
About 1.7 million people in the largest city of Auckland remain in a strict level 4 lockdown but curbs have been eased in the rest of the country.
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