Wake Up Call: Roll out roll out, all eyes on vaccination plan

On Monday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government has bought enough doses of the two-jab Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to inoculate the whole country against covid-19.

Staff reporters

Wed, 10 Mar 2021

Summary: After a torrid start to the week where the Nasdaq was pushed into a correction, tech stocks rebounded overnight in US trading as bond yields eased to 1.54%. All eyes in New Zealand will be on the government as it reveals today more detail of its plan to vaccinate the nation. On Monday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it has bought enough doses of the two-jab Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to inoculate the whole country against covid-19.Tech stocks strike back After falling 2.41% in earlier trading this week the Nasdaq rose on the Senat...

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