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In this edition, Dr Doug from International SOS shares the very latest insights on the development of COVID immunity and vaccine development:

In this edition, Dr Doug from International SOS shares the very latest insights on the development of COVID immunity and vaccine development:

The Morrison government has confirmed today that every Australian will receive a free coronavirus vaccine dose.
The Federal government has signed an agreement to secure a minimum of 25 million doses with British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

Victorians should be proud today; their hard work during Phase 4 lockdown is now paying off. And all Australians should say “Thank you, Victoria!”

The Big Three pathogens – HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria – cause hundreds of millions of infections annually and collectively kill more than five million people a year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The economic waste and human suffering is immense, but there is no scramble to get a vaccine or deliver treatments in the way that an eye on huge expected profits for selling a vaccine in rich developed countries is sending drug companies into a frenzy.

REALITY CHECK /
We share an in-depth analysis of the international status of COVID-19 by our very own Dr Doug Quarry, and Professor John Oxford.

This Weekly Report is created for International SOS, the world’s leading medical and security services company of more
than 10,000 multi-cultural medical, security and logistics experts providing support and assistance from over 1,000 locations in 85 countries.

Why did it take a pandemic to implement a change of heart for so many of our vital government policies?
When the pandemic ends, we’ll be demanding a fairer system…what went wrong?
And what will the future look like?

The three leading coronavirus vaccines, Oxford / AstraZeneca, Moderna, and CanSino, are currently undergoing Phase 3 trials, one in the US, one in Brazil, and one in Brazil and South Africa.

The lock-down in Melbourne and the lockout here in Queensland are both helping Australia move towards possible eradication of COVID.

About 300,000 residents of ten Melbourne postcodes have spent their first night of lockdown aimed at stamping out several new coronavirus clusters as another 66 new cases are confirmed in Victoria today.