An earlier than scheduled start is down to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being received in the country earlier than was expected.
- Australia still has not set a start date
- Both Australia and New Zealand have approved the Pfizer vaccine
The pecking order for receiving the vaccine in NZ will be:
- border workers first, followed by their household contacts.
- Healthcare workers and high-risk people like the elderly would be next,
- vaccinations for the wider population start in H2
NZ is providing vaccination free to all New Zealanders
- and generously doing the same for many Pacific nations
