How the Government Should Distribute the Pfizer Vaccine

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Over 80,000 Pfizer doses will be checked for un-broken seals, intact vitals and no losses in temperature after they arrived to Australia. They will be checked by Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) before they are distributed and made available to those most at risk of COVID-19, such as; quarantine and border workers, front-line health workers and aged care residents and staff.

Distribution will be a difficult logistical process, the government have been unclear in their communication to the public. Find out what the Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing thinks about both the Pfizer vaccine and its nationwide distribution.

Produced By: Marc De Paoli

Featured In Story: Ged Kearney; Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing

First aired on The Wire, Monday 15 February 2021