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Morrison says Covid vaccine will go ahead on 'Australian rules' after local trial abandoned

Guardian, 11 Dec 2020
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison says Covid-19 vaccines will be approved on 'an Australian timetable' after a vaccine developed at the University of Queensland was cancelled when participants returned false positive test results for HIV. While the UK and US have approved a vaccine by Pfizer, Morrison says Australia won't be rushed into a decision. 'We want to ensure that Australians, and I think all of us feel very strongly this way, have full confidence, absolute full confidence that when it gets the tick they can get the jab,' he says

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