Australian COVID Vaccine Program Receives $1.9 Billion Boost

Prime Minister Scott Morrison being shown the CSL Lab where a COVID-19 Vaccine is being produced in Melbourne, Australia on November 16, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Almost $2 billion will be spent equipping hospitals and other health centres to administer COVID-19 vaccines.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will make the funding commitment during a major speech to the National Press Club in Canberra on Feb. 1.