Australia orders 20 million more Pfizer vaccine doses

Harley Dennett
Updated April 9 2021 - 3:36pm, first published 1:24pm
Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed the boost to Australia's Pfizer vaccine doses. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed the boost to Australia's Pfizer vaccine doses. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The Australian government has ordered an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine following the latest advice to prioritise that vaccine for people aged under 50.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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