Australia Rules Out Buying Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Australian Minister for Health Greg Hunt discusses the COVID-19 vaccination program at press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, on April 9, 2021. Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP

The federal government has decided against buying the one-dose Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine to boost the nation’s immunisation stocks.

The government was in talks with the pharmaceutical giant, which had asked for initial approval for its vaccine from Australia’s medicine regulator.