Novavax Vaccines to Become Available In Australia Late February

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on April 10, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters

Australia is set to roll out its first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine from Feb. 21, with federal Health Minister Greg Hunt saying that the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) had given the government the go-ahead for the country’s fourth COVID-19 vaccine.

Hunt said that Australia’s first shipment of the vaccine would undergo a detailed batch testing process performed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). If the batch passes the safety testing, the vaccines will be rolled out to the public.