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Australia’s CSL ends COVID-19 vaccine trial, to focus on AstraZeneca’s shots

Updated: 10.15amSydney, AustraliaReuters Australia abruptly halted the production of a home-made vaccine against COVID-19 after trials showed it could interfere with HIV diagnosis, the developers said, with its makers instead agreeing to produce additional doses of a rival vaccine. The inoculation being developed by the University of Queensland and vaccine maker CSL, one of four […]

Australia expects to receive AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine within months

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Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in January, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as the number of new daily infections in the country’s virus hotspot fell to a 10-week low. Morrison said his government has struck a deal with CSL Ltd to manufacture two vaccines […]