Video / NZ HeraldCovid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the Government has done all it can to get as many Pfizer vaccine doses as soon as possible - but throwing more money at the pharmaceutical giant to jump the queue would be "unethical". The Government has been under pressure over its vaccine rollout, with our per capita vaccination rate placing New Zealand at 122nd in the world. But to just throw more money at Pfizer: "That would have been unethical, trying to effectively bribe our way to get more earlier. He said the Government was sticking with the recommended three-week minimum time period between Pfizer doses, despite virologist Chris Smith saying a longer time between doses offered greater immunity. "No question I would have liked to move faster on the wider [border] group," Hipkins said.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 01, 2021 17:04 UTC