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Australia not going to ‘cut corners’ on vaccine approval
The Prime Minister’s been doing the commercial radio rounds this morning, talking about everything from vaccines to the cricket.
Speaking on Melbourne station 3AW, Scott Morrison made it clear even though other countries are approving COVID-19 vaccines, Australia isn’t rushing in to anything.
“We are moving this as swiftly as it safely can be done, but Australia is not an emergency situation so we don’t have to cut corners,” he said.
“We don’t have to take unnecessary risks.”
Mr Morrison also said that after a vaccine is approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, batches of it will still have to be tested before it is rolled out.
“I don’t…
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