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Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: Novavax vaccine approved for use in New Zealand

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By RNZ

The Novavax Covid-19 vaccine has been approved in New Zealand for those aged 18 and over.

The first doses are expected to arrive this month.

The Novavax vaccine Nuvaxovid is the fourth vaccine to be approved by Medsafe.

Vials with the Nuvaxovid vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus are seen at the CIZ Tegel vaccination center in Berlin. Photo / Getty Images

Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca and Janssen are all approved for use in New Zealand.

Nuvaxovid is a two-dose protein subunit vaccine.

- RNZ

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