Expert says Australia needs to make its own mRNA COVID-19 vaccines like Pfizer as virus mutates

Anita Beaumont
April 21 2021 - 12:00pm
Long term: Associate Professor Nathan Bartlett, a virologist from the University of Newcastle, says Australia should move to make it own mRNA vaccine onshore to ensure we can produce our own vaccine variations for the virus as it mutates. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Long term: Associate Professor Nathan Bartlett, a virologist from the University of Newcastle, says Australia should move to make it own mRNA vaccine onshore to ensure we can produce our own vaccine variations for the virus as it mutates. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

A virologist says that with COVID-19 mutating at an "extraordinary rate", it is vital Australia starts to make its own mRNA vaccines - like Pfizer - onshore.

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Anita Beaumont

Anita Beaumont

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Anita Beaumont is a health and general news reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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