SYDNEY - Australia is not worried about a report that a Covid-19 vaccine trial has been put on hold due to suspected serious adverse reaction, its deputy chief medical officer said on Wednesday , as daily cases nudged higher in the country's coronavirus hot spot.
"With the information that I have got at the moment, I am not worried about it," Australia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth told Sky News, adding the hold on trials does not mean the vaccine"is off the table". Mr Coatsworth said Australia like many other governments has invested in several coronavirus vaccine candidates,"knowing not all of them will get through".
Australia on Monday said it would get the first doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine in January 2021 if trials proved successful after reaching a preliminary deal in August.