Australia secures deal to manufacture vaccine, if it works and is safe

The Australian government has secured an international deal to locally produce a potential coronavirus vaccine, should trials succeed.

A scientist works on the production of a new two-vector COVID-19 vaccine in Moscow on 06 August. Source: AAP

Under the deal, every Australian would be vaccinated for free, but there is no consensus on when that may happen. 

For months, the world has been waiting for a weapon to fight the most devastating virus since the Spanish flu.