Coronavirus live news: Australia vaccine human trials to start, Trump wears mask in public

‘Molecular clamp’ jab from University of Queensland ‘ticked all the boxes’ in animal tests; Florida reopens Walt Disney World despite infection surge

In Australia eight healthcare workers at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital have tested positive to Covid-19.

Alfred Health confirmed on Sunday five of the cases are not linked and are believed to have been acquired through the community.

In Australia a vaccine developed by the University of Queensland is ready to be tested on humans.

Human testing of the “molecular clamp” vaccine candidate, to start on Monday, follows encouraging results from animal testing conducted in the Netherlands, the Sunday Mail in Brisbane reports.

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