The College of General Practitioners says New Zealand needs to make its own Covid-19 vaccines.

It says we can't be dependent on overseas supply chains, which could leave us high and dry.

Medical Director Bryan Betty says we need to get a move on.

He says we could make the vaccines here and the government should start investigating.

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