10 Mar 2021

PNG approves vaccine as it struggles to contain Covid-19

From Checkpoint, 5:52 pm on 10 March 2021

Papua New Guinea has granted regulatory approval for the Covax facility to deliver the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

The government is preparing for the vaccine rollout to begin by April.

But, as Johnny Blades reports, it can't come soon enough for a country struggling to contain the spread of the virus.