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Friday, August 27, 2021

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 own

From 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 lockdowns and record case numbers.

But Australia’s notoriously sluggish vaccine rollout has been marred by the failure of a locally developed vaccine candidate, as well as changes to age-group recommendations for the AstraZeneca vaccine as a result of its link to rare but blood clots.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3zv9VDu

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