4 minutes agoCoronavirus vaccine: Australia hopes to release 85 million doses
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Australia has said it will provide nearly 85 million doses of the coronary vaccine if the two promising tests prove successful. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country had made two agreements that would allow the circulation of free doses in 2021 if approved for use. Mr. Morrison estimated that their cost would [...]
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country had made two agreements that would allow the circulation of free doses in 2021 if approved for use.
Mr. Morrison estimated that their cost would be about $1 billion ($1.7 billion).
Australia's 25 million residents could start taking doses from January, but there was still no <x0-garancial”, the prime minister said, the BBC, presented Periscopi.
However, the agreement puts Australia on top of the vaccine race, if our medical experts give the green light for the vaccine,” added further.
One vaccine is from Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, while the other is local from Queensland University and CSL.
Australia has recorded more than 26 thousand cases of coronary and 769 deaths. /Periscope
