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The coronavirus pandemic left a huge impact on all the countries, fields and economies. More than half of the countries of the globe are struggling to bounce back and some of them are in recovery mode. The normalcy is yet to return back completely and the vaccination program commenced in most of the countries. New Zealand was one of the most impacted countries and the country is keen to take up coronavirus vaccination for the entire population. New Zealand will buy the additional coronavirus vaccines that are developed by Pfizer Inc along with Germany's BioNTech. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the news today.

The government of New Zealand signed an agreement to purchase 8.5 million doses of vaccine so that they can be used to vaccine 4 million people. The vaccines are expected to reach the country later this year. New Zealand will order 10 million doses of vaccination in total for the 5 million people residing in the country. Their original agreement with Pfizer was just 1.5 million doses and this can help to vaccinate just 7.5 lakh people. After the vaccination was proved to be 95 percent effective. The country closed the borders and strict lockdown was imposed in the country because of which New Zealand recovered soon. Though several countries of the world witnessed the second wave, New Zealand is completely safe and reported fewer number of cases in the recent weeks.

By Siva Kumar