Moderna names Australia among potential locations for COVID vaccine trial on children aged 6 months to 12 years

Key points:

- Moderna wants to conduct a trial of 6,000 healthy children in the US and two other countries

- The Finance Minister says any trial would have to be approved by Australia's medical regulator

- Former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth has welcomed the idea of the trial

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/moderna-names-australia-potential-site-covid-vaccine-trial-child/100360760