Health
No plans to follow UK on early vaccine – 7NEWS.com.au
As Britain uses emergency powers to start using a COVID-19 vaccine, Australia will be taking careful notes to ensure the 2021 rollout is safe and effective.
Health authorities expect to have high-quality advice on coronavirus vaccines to give to the Australian public early in 2021.
But Australia won’t be following Britain’s decision to use emergency powers to roll out vaccines from next week.
While Australia has COVID-19 largely under control through testing, contact tracing and isolation, the UK recorded more than 16,000 cases this week and more than 600 deaths.
This sparked the UK government to allow pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to supply its vaccine,…
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