Vaccine testing to begin in Australian cities in coming days

Melbourne: Testing for a coronavirus vaccine in Australia is set to begin next week, with more than 100 people volunteering for trials.

Australian clinical trials specialist Nucleus Network is partnering with US-based biotechnology company Novavax aiming to begin Phase One testing of the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine in the coming days.

This clinical trial will be the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, with 131 people in Brisbane and Melbourne set to be injected with a potential vaccine.