The Covid-19 vaccine programme is set to roll out to a further 1.7 million Kiwis from this month, but at present, we only have enough vaccine in the country for a few hundred thousand people. As of this week, 232,588 doses have been administered since February 20 – with just over 60,000 Kiwis now fully vaccinated. READ MORE:* Covid-19: Government exceeding nationwide vaccination target, but Northland and Rotorua are lagging well behind* Covid-19 vaccine rollout: We’re making it up on the fly* Covid-19: How New Zealand's vaccine roll-out compares to other countries* Covid-19: Vaccine roll-out 'slightly behind', not all trained vaccinators being usedThe Government has purchased 10 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, enough for all New Zealanders. To date, 685,620 vaccine doses have arrived in New Zealand – enough to vaccinate 342,800 people. Collectively, DHBs are “on track” to deliver more than 1 million doses by the end of June, it says.

Source: Stuff April 30, 2021 17:03 UTC