Australia to receive first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Jan 2021 - PM to say


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  • Sunday, 06 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York U.S. April 8 2019. REUTERSBrendan McDermidFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will receive the first doses of an AstraZeneca and Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 if trials prove successful, after Canberra agreed a deal to purchase a second potential vaccine, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will say on Monday.

Australia said in August it had signed a preliminary agreement with AstraZeneca for enough doses for its population of nearly 26 million, which would be manufactured locally by pharmaceutical company CSL.

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