Australia's 'secret' plan to make our OWN Covid vaccines is hidden in the Budget - as the government struggles to give everyone the jab this year
By Charlie Moore, Political Reporter For Daily Mail Australia12:29 11 May 2021, updated 13:13 11 May 2021
Australia is secretly trying to build the capability to make mRNA vaccines
The type of jab contains genetic code from a virus rather than the virus itself
The technology could also be used for flu jabs and other future vaccines
Australia is secretly trying to build the capability to make mRNA vaccines such as the Pfizer and Moderna jabs.
The pioneering type of jab contains genetic code from a virus rather than the virus itself.
The Budget will provide funding to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources to work with the Department of Health to develop an onshore mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability. r
ehe funding will be for continuing negotiations with existing manufacturers and approaching the Australian market to establish manufacturing capability.
The technology could also be used for flu jabs and other future vaccines.
However, the government is refusing to reveal how much funding will be provided.
The Budget says: 'Funding for this measure is not for publication (nfp) due to commercial in confidence sensitivities.'
The plan - led by the federal industry and health departments - would complement the existing CSL facility in Melbourne, which makes the AstraZeneca viral vector vaccine, and ensure Australia is not at risk of blockages of supply from overseas.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for all Australians who want their two doses is likely to be completed by the end of the year.
That's the bold prediction of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and his department, underpinning much of the government's economic recovery plan.
So far 2.7 million doses have gone into Australians' arms, but the rollout's weekly pace will need to triple if Mr Frydenberg is to be believed.
The part in all this for me is that it is going to complement CSL .
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