The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has been provisionally approved for use in Australia with the first doses set to be rolled out late next month.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said on Monday it has ticked off on the vaccine for Australians over the age of 16 after it met strict standards around safety, quality and efficacy.
Two doses at least 21 days apart will be required with a priority group expected to receive the vaccine as soon as it arrives in Australia.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the approval was a formal one under the normal processes of the TGA, not an emergency approval.
“We are one of the first countries in the handful of countries to have gone through that comprehensive and thorough process here in Australia to ensure the approval of that vaccine,” he told reporters on Monday.
