Scientists have produced evidence that the pandemic virus is 'uniquely adapted to infect humans', raising fresh questions over whether its origins were natural or could have occurred in a laboratory.
Where did the Coronavirus 19 Originate from? and anything relative to the virus.
Where did the Coronavirus 19 originate from? and anything relative to the virus.
Coronavirus is 'uniquely adapted to infect humans': Top vaccine scientist says it could only have come from an animal through a 'freak of nature' - and the possibility it leaked from Wuhan lab MUST be investigated
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Moderna’s vaccine is the first bivalent COVID-19 jab to get the tick from the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Supplies have been ordered by the government in advance of the approval and are expected to arrive within weeks.
The bivalent vaccine is designed to stimulate immunity to both the original version of the virus and the Omicron variant and seeks to combat its ability to evade vaccine-generated antibodies.
Australia is the third country, after the UK and Switzerland, to approve the new vaccine, although the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, the country’s vaccine advisory body, still needs to sign off on how the jab will work as part of the broader vaccine program.
“Following TGA’s provisional approval, the doses will arrive in the country within weeks – allowing Australia to be among the first countries in the world to have access to this next-generation COVID-19 vaccine,” a Moderna spokeswoman told The Age.
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