Covid abnormal: why is Australia so far behind on making its own mRNA vaccines?

Annual coronavirus vaccines could be a reality – but Australia is at least 18 months away from manufacturing its ownFrom September – more than nine months after it was approved for emergency use in the United States – the first doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine will arrive on Australian shores. The second mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccine against the coronavirus is a welcome boon amid a period of rolling lockdow ns and record case numbers.But Australia ’s notoriously sluggish vaccine rollout has been marred by the failure of alocally developed vaccine candidate, as well as changes to age-grouprecommendations for the AstraZeneca vaccine as a result of its link to rare but blood clots.Continue reading...
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