Prime Minister Scott Morrison says despite the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine being approved in the UK, US and Canada, it won't be available here until Australian health officials are 100 per cent confident that it is safe.
Here's the key events from Friday:
- The vaccine trial at the University of Queensland has been scrapped because patients were falsely testing positive to HIV
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine will not be available in Australia until health officials are 100 per cent confident that it is safe
- Mr Morrison said there are 38,655 Australians overseas who have registered to return home
- Victoria launched its travel vouchers today, with the system crashing due to a high volume of web-traffic
Catch up on Friday's news and updates in the blog.