A Moderna arrangement A SHOT IN THE ARM
US-based pharmaceutical giant Moderna has revealed overnight that it has struck an agreement with the Morrison government to supply 25 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine. This includes 10 million doses of its two-dose vaccine this year, along with “15 million doses of Moderna’s updated variant booster vaccine candidate to be delivered in 2022”. There are also discussions about manufacturing the drug onshore.
The Sydney Morning Herald explains Moderna’s announcement does not explain when the 10 million doses will arrive, only that the company will submit an application for regulatory approval to the Therapeutic Goods Administration “shortly”.
News by Charis Chang Australia is beginning to recover from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic but figures reveal how wages have been impacted, a year since the crisis began. The first case of COVID-19 was identified in Victoria on January 25, 2020, and as more cases were discovered, Australia closed its borders to international arrivals on March 20, with many states choosing to introduce lockdowns or place restrictions on residents, sending the country s economy into a spin. Almost one year on, this week there were promising figures showing the country s economy was bouncing back, with 3.1 per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in the last three months of 2020.
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