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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has defended his government’s deal with vaccine company Pfizer.did not personally accept an invitation to attend a detailed, formal meeting with Pfizer’s top executivesHealth Minister Greg Hunt last month rejected Labor’s claims the government was too slow to engage with Pfizer executives.That’s according to documents from June and July last year released under freedom-of-information laws. Australia signed its first contract with Pfizer in November.
“[Our] Pfizer ... arrived at the same time as New Zealand, the same shipment in February [this year],” the Health Minister said.There was then this insightful exchange between Mr Hunt andYou [not you personally, but Government representatives] were having initial meetings with Pfizer on June 13. They’re saying, ‘Let’s get the deal done, we’ve got plenty.’ Two weeks after, they’ve done a deal with the US and the UK. We don’t do a deal until November. Ten million [doses]. That’s not enough.
In discussions we have been having with government, we think that [there will be] ... a public health order. One entry point and a staff [member] or two on the front door. You do the QR code as we have gotten used to over the last 16, 17 months. This time [the app] not just registering and leaving but telling the staff member, in any business across NSW, that the person is double vaccinated.Pubs and gyms among first freedoms as NSW outlines plans out of lockdown