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Vaccine agreement criticised as new COVID-19 cases fall

Australians who reject coronavirus vaccination could lose access to some welfare payments

How is the race for the COVID19 vaccine development? Source: Getty Images

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia has secured a deal with a UK based drug company to secure a potential COVID-19 vaccine. But the Labor party says no such deal exists, and all the government has signed is a letter of intent. It comes as COVID-19 case numbers fall in Victoria, and hotel quarantine breaches are investigated.



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