It could be our most powerful weapon in the fight against COVID-19: A vaccine.
So when will it be available? Who will get priority and how will it change the way we live, work and travel?
Is our national strategy the right one?
Joining Hamish on the panel:
Nick Coatsworth
Federal Government infectious diseases advisor
Dr Nick Coatsworth brings together two of the most important factors in the fight against coronavirus — he is a respiratory specialist and infectious diseases specialist.
Sharon Lewin
Leading infectious diseases expert and Director of the Doherty Institute
Sharon Lewin is the inaugural director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, a joint venture between the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Michelle Ananda-Rajah
Associate director, Monash Institute of Medical Engineering
Associate Professor Michelle Ananda-Rajah is a doctor in infectious diseases and general medicine at a major Melbourne hospital and associate director at the Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME), Monash University.
Tony Blakely
Epidemiologistand public health medicine specialist, University of Melbourne
Dr. Tony Blakely is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne.