Australia expects to receive AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine within months
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 […]
Tracing apps may stem COVID-19 spread even when only a few use them – study
Reuters Contact tracing apps can sharply reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus even when only a few people use them, a study published on Thursday by researchers at Google and Oxford University showed. An app used by 15 per cent of the population together with a well-staffed contact-tracing workforce can lead to a 15 […]
Australian archbishops express concern coronavirus vaccine could be “ethically tainted”
Three Sydney archbishops have written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressing concern that a COVID-19 vaccine which Australia has signed a deal over is “ethically tainted”. The Australian Government announced last week that it had signed a deal to receive 25 million doses of a vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University should trials prove successful. […]
Wave of promising study results raise hopes for coronavirus vaccines
Chicago, USReuters Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognise and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects. Whether any of these efforts will result in a vaccine capable of protecting […]