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Health

Australia to begin COVID-19 vaccinations next week after first doses arrive: health minister

FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" and a syringe are seen in front of the Pfizer logo in this illustration taken February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Australia will begin inoculating against COVID-19 next week after receiving the first 142,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Monday.

"The Eagle has landed," Hunt told reporters in Canberra.

(Reporting by Colin Packham; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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