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Denmark sells half a million vaccine doses to New Zealand

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Denmark sells half a million vaccine doses to New Zealand
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receives her first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Auckland, New Zealand, June 18, 2021, in this still image taken from video. TVNZ / via REUTERS TV. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.NO RESALES.NO ARCHIVES. NEW ZEALAND OUT. AUSTRALIA OUT.

Denmark has agreed to sell half a million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to New Zealand, off-loading some of the surplus doses it purchased to make sure it would have enough to cover the entire population.

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In a press release issued on Sunday, Magnus Heunicke said the country would not need the doses even if it decided to give third booster doses.

"From the beginning, we have invested heavily in buying a wide range of vaccines for the Danish population," he said.

"Today we have a surplus of mRNA vaccines that we do not need at home - even though we are faced with having to give people a third shot, and excess vaccines must, of course, go out and contribute to the global pandemic fight."

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The country's prime minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday thanked Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen "for the great cooperation" in a tweet.

Some 73.2 percent of the Danish population have now been fully vaccinated.

New Zealand has also bought surplus vaccine doses from Spain.

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