Australian toddlers could be used in a global trial for the new Moderna Covid vaccine as its manufacturers bid to win approval for use on children worldwide. Australian toddlers could be guinea pigs in a global trial for the new Moderna Covid vaccine as its manufacturers bid to win approval for use on children worldwide. USA-based Moderna says it wants to test the vaccine on 'approximately 6,000 healthy children, 6 months to [under] 12 years of age'. This comes on top of the effective doubling of the mRNA Pfizer vaccines to two million doses per week, as well as the Australian manufactured AstraZeneca. The Moderna supply will boost supply by two million doses a month while Pfizer vaccines increase to two million doses per week, as well as the Australian manufactured AstraZeneca.

Source: Daily Mail August 08, 2021 23:03 UTC