 Moderna
to deliver 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Australia
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[May 12, 2021]
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc will supply
Australia 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, of which 10 million
doses against the original strain of the virus will be delivered this
year, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.
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 Australia currently has two authorized vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech
and AstraZeneca.
It has been trying to speed up the rollout of jabs after it was
stalled by supply hold-ups in Europe and concerns about blood clots
tied to the AstraZeneca shot.
The deal also includes the supply of 15 million doses of Moderna's
updated variant booster vaccine candidate to be delivered in 2022,
the company said.
The pact with Moderna is subject to regulatory approval of its
vaccine candidate, which is authorized for emergency use in
individuals 18 years of age or older in the United States.
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 Moderna has also received
authorization for its vaccine from health
agencies including Canada, Israel, the European
Union, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
(Reporting by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru;
Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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