The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Monday gave provisional approval for people aged 16 and over to use the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech
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Last Updated at January 25, 2021 07: 49 IST
The regulator said priority would be given to groups that include aged-care residents and workers, frontline healthcare workers, and quarantine workers.
Australia’s medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Monday gave provisional approval for people aged 16 and over to use the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
The regulator said priority would be given to groups that include aged-care residents and workers, frontline healthcare workers, and quarantine workers.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed the development. He said Australia was among the first countries to complete a comprehensive and thorough process to formally approve a vaccine rather than just grant an emergency approval. Australia is aiming to complete inoculations by October.
The nation of 26 million people has reported fewer than 30,000 virus cases and a little over 900 deaths.
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First Published: Mon, January 25 2021. 07: 46 IST
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