Government gives $2 million to Australian researchers to develop coronavirus vaccine

The federal government will create a $2 million grant pool for Australian experts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison & Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health speak during a visit to the Doherty Institute in Melbourne 18 February. Source: AAP

Australian researchers will share in a $2 million federal grant fund to develop a vaccine for coronavirus.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the cash pool at the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne on Tuesday where experts were the first to grow coronavirus outside of China.

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