Australian Prime Minister called the timing of the appearance in the country of a vaccine for COVID-19

The timing of the emergence of a vaccine for coronavirus infection in the country was named by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. This was reported on September 7 by SkyNews. Morrison said that Australian citizens will have access to the vaccine for COVID-19 as early as 2021, in the event of its successful trials. The Prime Minister noted that for citizens of the country the vaccine will be free. In addition, Morrison said that the Australian government has already signed a contract with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the production and supply of a safe and effective vaccine for coronavirus infection. The development of the drug is carried out by scientists from Oxford University (UK) and from a university in the Australian state of Queensland. The total amount of the agreement is 1.2 billion US dollars. in total, it is planned to produce about 80.6 million doses of the vaccine. In addition, at the beginning of 2021, 3.8 million doses of the drug for vaccination of the most socially unprotected part of the continent's population will be delivered to Australia. Earlier, the news agency reported on the extension of quarantine in the Australian state of Victoria, where 75% of cases of coronavirus infection of the total number on the continent were detected.