13 Nov 2020
Early testing of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Queensland and CSL Ltd has shown it to be safe and produce an antibody response, Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Friday. The vaccine candidate will now begin the last stage of testing, Hunt said.
“It is doing its job. That is particularly so in the elderly, and that is an especially important outcome, given the global vulnerability to elderly around the world from COVID-19.”
Should it pass those trials, Hunt said it could be ready for distribution by the third quarter of 2021. Australia has already agreed to buy 51 million doses of the University of Queensland developed candidate.