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The nation’s donations of COVID-19 vaccines to the Pacific this week topped the 1 million-mark, aided in part by some Australians’ reluctance to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca.
More than half a million doses have been delivered to Fiji, which is racing to inoculate its population amid a serious outbreak of the fast-spreading Delta strain. About 278,000 doses have been given to Timor-Leste, 63,000 to the Solomon Islands, 50,000 to Samoa, 20,000 to Vanuatu, 28,000 to Papua New Guinea, 9000 to Tonga and 7000 to Tuvalu.
Australian-made AstraZeneca vaccines arriving in Timor-Leste.
Credit:Australian Embassy in Dili
The 1 million doses are on top of Australia’s $130 million contribution to the World Health Organisation-backed COVAX scheme, which is prioritising the distribution of vaccines to poorer nations that would otherwise miss out.
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