AstraZeneca vaccine provisionally approved by TGA for use in Australia

Sally Whyte
Harley Dennett
Updated February 16 2021 - 6:47pm, first published 1:30pm
Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits the CSL vaccine manufacturing facility. Picture: Getty Images
Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits the CSL vaccine manufacturing facility. Picture: Getty Images

The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has been provisionally approved for use in Australia, paving the way for locally manufactured doses to be rolled out in early March.

Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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