Australia signs deal for 25m Moderna doses through next year

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Australia has reached a supply agreement for 25 million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines in a deal that the government hopes will ensure all Australian adults have access to inoculation this year, according to AP.

The deal included 10 million doses of the vaccine against the ancestral strain to be delivered in 2021 and 15 million doses of an updated variant booster to be delivered in 2022, US-based Moderna said.

The vaccines have yet to be approved by the Australian regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Pfizer and AstraZeneca are the only coronavirus vaccines approved for use in Australia. All three vaccines require two doses.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he expected the first 10 million Moderna vaccines to arrive in Australia in the last three months of 2021.

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