Live breaking news: Australia secures an additional 20 million doses of Pfizer, but they won't be here for a while

Australia has secured an extra 20 million doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, the one anyone under 50 is advised to wait for. But they'll be waiting for quite a while.

Australia has secured an additional 20 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccination - the jab that people aged under 50 have been advised to wait for.

But those Aussies will be waiting for quite a while, with Scott Morrison conceding that much-needed supply will not arrive until the end of the year.

The Prime Minister announced the deal, which was hatched overnight, at a press conference today at the end of the National Cabinet meeting with states and territories.

Australia's bungled COVID vaccine rollout was top of the agenda, following the news late on Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine is no longer the preferred jab for those under 50 in most circumstances.

The vaccine's link to very rare but serious blood clots has seen it fall out of favour with countries around the world.

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