Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Aug. 31 that Australia has secured 500,000 Pfizer vaccine doses in a swap deal with Singapore to be distributed for immediate use next week. In exchange, Australia will supply the same amount of doses to Singapore in December. The half a million doses will be distributed to all states and territories to be administered by primary care and vaccination sites in a bid to boost Australia’s COVID-19 immunisation programme in September. The deal comes following a surge in vaccination rates of AstraZeneca in August as the nation works towards its 70-80 percent immunisation targets. Morrison thanked Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for his support. “I said we would leave no stone unturned in bolstering our vaccination programme. This deal comes on top of the Polish agreement that has already boosted our national vaccination rates to exceed those achieved in the United States and United Kingdom …