The race to COVID vaccinate is a marathon, not a sprint, with countries around the world looking to multiple suppliers to help get them over the finish line.
With studies showing it's 95 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been highly sought after, despite the difficulty in transporting and storing it at below-freezing temperatures.
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine had been rolled out across dozens of countries, but its use was now being limited in some areas after it was linked to a rare side effect causing deadly blood clots.
Both Pfizer and AstraZeneca are approved for use in Australia, with the federal government recommending AstraZeneca be limited to people over the age of 50.
Other coronavirus vaccines in use around the world include the US-manufactured Moderna, China's Sinovac, also known as CoronaVac, and Sinopharm, Russia's Sputnik V and the Johnson & Johnson's Janssen.
Here's a list of what some countries are using.
Australia
- Pfizer — Rollout started February 2021
- AstraZeneca — Rollout started March 2021
Brazil
- Sinovac — Rollout started January 2021
- AstraZeneca — Rollout started January 2021
Canada
- Pfizer — Rollout started December 2020
- AstraZeneca (limited to over 55s) — Rollout started January 2021
China
- Sinovac
- Sinopharm
France
- Pfizer — Rollout started December 2020
- Moderna — Rollout started January 2021
- AstraZeneca — Rollout started February 2021
Germany
- Pfizer — Rollout started December 2020
- AstraZeneca (limited to over 60s)
Hungary
- Pfizer — Rollout started December 2020
- Sputnik V — Rollout started February 2021
- Sinopharm — Rollout started February 2021
India
- Bahrat Biotech (under Covaxin brand name) — Rollout started January 2021
- AstraZeneca (under Covishield brand name) — Rollout started January 2021
Indonesia
- Sinovac — Rollout started January 2021
Israel
- Pfizer — Rollout started January 2021
Japan
- Pfizer — Rollout started February 2021
New Zealand
- Pfizer — Rollout started February 2021
Papua New Guinea
- AstraZeneca — Rollout started March 2021
Philippines
- Sinovac — Rollout started March 2021
- AstraZeneca — Rollout started March 2021
Russia
- Sputnik V - Rollout started December 2020
- EpiVacCorona - Rollout started December 2020
- Covicac - Rollout started February 2021
Saudi Arabia
- Pfizer — Rollout started December 2020
- AstraZeneca — Rollout started March 2021
Singapore
- Pfizer — Rollout started December 2020
- Moderna — Rollout started March 2021
South Korea
- Pfizer — Rollout started February 2021
- AstraZeneca (Limited to over 60s) — Rollout started February 2021
South Africa
- Johnson & Johnson — Rollout started February 2021
- AstraZeneca — Rollout stopped in February 2021 due to lack of protection against South African variant
Timor-Leste
- AstraZeneca — Rollout due to start April 2021
United Kingdom
- Pfizer — Rollout started December 2020
- AstraZeneca (Limited to over 30s) — Rollout started January 2021
- Moderna — Rollout started April 2021
United States
- Pfizer — Rollout started December 2020
- Moderna — Rollout started December 2020
- Johnson & Johnson's Janssen — Rollout started April 2021
