It is the first protein-based vaccine approved for Australians, allowing people who do not trust the mRNA vaccines.
“Protein vaccines use a non-infectious protein component of the virus manufactured in a lab. After vaccination, immune cells recognise the vaccine protein as foreign and launch an immune response against it,” Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said in a statement.
													
																							
						
					
						
					
						
					

									
																		
									
																		
									
																		
									
																		