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Board: No one has applied for Pfizer vaccine

A nurse puts a used Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vial. [REUTERS/Lisi Niesner]

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has dismissed reports that the government plans to acquire Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to boost efforts to fight Covid-19.

A source at the board, who requested anonymity, said there were no negotiations with the manufacturer of the vaccine.

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