The Morrison government’s report stating that it had secured a ‘game-changing deal’ to triple its access to the jabs has been contradicted by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer declaring that there is no change in the number of doses the company had agreed to deliver to Australia over 2021.
Since the Morrison administration has been under a lot pressure due to the slow pace of vaccination rollout, which increased when greater Sydney was put under lockdown, it has released a media blitz on Friday in order to defend its vaccination rollout. The news were given before the Prime Minister confirmed that 44 new cases have been detected in New South Wales.
During the Friday’s media blitz, Morrison told that 1.7 million doses it was receiving in June would increase to 2.8 million doses in July and then in August, the country will be receiving 4.5 million doses. Brendan Murphy, federal health secretary, and Greg Hunt, health minister, are said to be in constant contact with Pfizer while trying to get deliveries brought forward. Morrison also stated that the government would ensure another 1300 GPs to administer doses by next month thus being very likely that all eligible Australians would be offered a dose before the end of the year.
However Pfizer issued a statement saying that there were no changes in the number of doses the company had agreed to deliver to Australia. The company stated, “The total number of 40 million doses we contracted to deliver to Australia over 2021 has not changed. We continue to work closely to the government to support their rollout program.”
