New Zealand PM Ardern to take first dose of COVID-19 vaccine next week

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday that she would get her first COVID-19 shot at the end of next week, as the country prepared to receive another 1 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine. 'For me, it's been important that I allow those in the most at risk group... to be prioritised,' Ardern said in a news conference. 'I'm choosing to be vaccinated at this point in order to play my role in demonstrating that I consider it to be absolutely safe and also really critical to keep others safe,' she said.