Local media report that the Australian Federal Government has secured a deal to produce the AstraZeneca vaccine locally, should trials succeed.

UK-based drug company AstraZeneca has its Oxford University vaccine in its third phase of trials

If trials prove successful the Government has signed an agreement to secure the COVID-19 vaccine. The Government would manufacture it immediately and make it free for all Australians.

Local media report that the Australian Federal Government has secured a deal to produce the AstraZeneca vaccine locally, should trials succeed.