Updated On: 09 March, 2021 08:42 AM IST | Wellington | Agencies
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in New Zealand during the second half of the year

Motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive COVID-19 case was reported in the community as the city entered a level 3 lockdown in Auckland on February 15, 2021. Pic/AFP
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that everyone in the country will have access to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after it secured an additional 8.5 million doses.
“The government has signed an advance purchase agreement for 8.5 million additional doses, enough to vaccinate 4.25 million people. The vaccines are expected to arrive in New Zealand during the second half of the year,” Ardern told a press conference.