On Monday, border workers in Wellington will start to receive the vaccine, followed by those workers in Christchurch on Wednesday. A Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is administered as part of the global vaccine rollout. The first agreement was for 1.5 million doses from Pfizer and BioNTech. An in-principle agreement has been signed with Janssen Pharmaceutica to purchase up to five million vaccines - likely to be a single dose. Unlike the flu shots New Zealanders typically get each year, the Covid-19 vaccine doesn't contain any live viruses.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 20, 2021 00:33 UTC