Posted on 01/18/2022 8:04:45 PM PST by algore
Australia's 29 million pets could soon be vaccinated against Covid-19 thanks to the efforts of a determined vet.
Dr Sam Kovac is doggedly pursued Australian regulatory approval for the world's only Covid vaccine for pets, developed in Russia, and is optimistic recent developments mean it will soon be on the market here.
His practice, Southern Cross Vets in Sydney, has been inundated with calls about vaccines from owners worried about their pets catching the virus.
However, Covid vaccines for furry friends require sign-off from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, and as yet that has not been granted.
However Dr Kovac said he has had a 'positive' conversation with a senior figure in the authority about the issue of having to pay a $105,000 application fee to get the medicine registered.
'They put me in touch with getting an alternative permit. So it's looking like, fast tracking is probably the wrong word, but there is an alternative method that we're looking at to get this approved now,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
'It's pretty exciting. It's looking like it's going to happen.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Gotta be a little more careful with the goldfish, though ...
You do not know what Pete does with strays in the USA? How about that you allow beagles to be tortured by your own government. How can that be legal?
Don’t think so.
https://www.canindia.com/australia-may-soon-inoculate-29mn-pets-against-covid-report/
As with humans, not everything is Covid:
It’s depressing what some people won’t believe.
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