South Australian authorities will no longer allow those participating in a vaccine trial to be exempt from state government vaccine mandates.
COVAX-19 was developed by Professor Petrovsky's company Vaxine, which has laboratories at Flinders University.Professor Petrovsky said after clinical phase 2 and phase 3 trials, it had beenNumerous comments on the "Bring Covax-19 Vaccine back to Australia" GoFundMe page stated they had registered to participate in future Australian trials.But, according to a blurb on the fundraising page, TGA approval could be a difficult hurdle to clear.
"If Australians are to have any chance to access our COVAX-19 vaccine then the government requires that we first must pay the TGA more than $300,000 just to assess our application, let alone the cost of all the work that is required to make a successful application," it reads. Professor Petrovsky has previously spoken out about facing the sack due to his refusal to get a TGA-approved jab, citing his own vaccination with COVAX-19 last year.SA Health already strict on waiting list loopholePreviously, it has said it would not "just recognise being on a waiting list for a proposed vaccine trial as a reason for exemption from a vaccination requirement".
"The Chief Public Health Officer will not endorse any applications for medical exemptions from the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements… for this reason," it said.Watch
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