Coronavirus: Philippines approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, New Zealand allows some international students to return

• Manila’s authorisation of Pfizer-BioNTech shot comes as President Duterte defends China-made vaccines, saying ‘the Chinese are not lacking in brains’
• Meanwhile, Australia says it has confidence in the AstraZeneca vaccine, and New Zealand will allow 1,000 university students return to the country