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How Australia is holding back vaccine supply

Aug 29, 2021 · 14 min · 13.5 MB
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As wealthy countries like Australia race to vaccinate their population, many other nations in our region are falling behind due to the high cost of vaccines: a cost set by big pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer.


As a result, South East Asia is now the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. 


Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Lyndal Rowlands on the proposal that could speed up vaccinations around the world, and why Australia is holding it back. 


Guest: Contributor for The Saturday Paper, Lyndal Rowlands


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