How many of the 500,000 extra Pfizer jabs your state will receive

Australia received half a million extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine from Singapore last night. Here’s how many your state will receive.

The latest shipment of 500,000 Pfizer doses have touched down in Sydney as part of a vaccine swap deal made between Australia and Singapore, announced by the Prime Minister on Tuesday.

The half a million extra doses are set to expire soon, so have been sent to Aussie shores to help boost our low vaccination rate.

Under the agreement, the federal government will send 500,000 Pfizer doses back to Singapore in December, when Australia is expected to have a more plentiful supply.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the extra vaccines will be distributed on a “per capita” basis around the country.

This is what that distribution will look like:

New South Wales – 159,236 doses

Victoria – 131,149

Queensland – 99,745

Western Australia – 51,294

South Australia – 34,934

Tasmania – 10,675

Australian Capital Territory – 8,344

Northern Territory – 4,622

The latest shipment of 500,000 Pfizer jabs have touched down in Sydney International Airport. Picture: by Gaye Gerard-Pool/Getty Images.

The extra doses arrived from Singapore following a vaccine swap deal. Picture: Gaye Gerard-Pool/Getty Images.

The government hopes the deal will bolster supplies for younger people who are new to the vaccine rollout, most of whom have only recently become eligible for Pfizer.

“This deal gives us the further supplies we need as we bring new groups into the program for Pfizer, including 12 to 15 year olds from September 13, and the 16 to 39 year old age group that has already commenced,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.

Mr Morrison thanked the Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his government for their support.

As of Thursday, 12,480,413 people in Australia – including 60.5 per cent of those aged over 16 – have had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Additional reporting by Catie McLeod