Tuesday: Scott Morrison’s approval dives over vaccine rollout, grants and Brittany Higgins. Plus: is Christmas really joyless for parents?
Voter approval of the prime minister, Scott Morrison, has fallen 19 points in a year, according to Guardian Essential data. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP: Scott Morrison’s approval dives over vaccine rollout, grants and Brittany Higgins. Plus: is Christmas really joyless for parents?ood morning. The number of Australians hospitalised because of Covid is rising. Moderna is developing a vaccine to protect against Omicron. And voter approval for prime minister Scott Morrison takes a nosedive.
in laboratory testing and that the current version will continue to be its “first line of defence against Omicron”. The decision to focus on the current vaccine, mRNA-1273, was driven in part by how quickly the variant is spreading. The company, which it hopes to advance into clinical trials early next year.
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