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Australian health regulators will closely scrutinise any COVID-19 vaccine to ensure it is safe before being rolled out, a top scientist said.
Professor John Skerritt, of the Therapeutic Goods Administration, told Today that experts would closely monitor data from the UK when it starts distributing the Pfizer vaccine – the same one Australia plans to roll out next March.
“We’re waiting a little bit longer to get more complete data on how well the vaccine works clinically. What groups it works with,…

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