âThe time is nowâ for Australia to harness new vaccine technology Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss âThe time is nowâ for Australia to harness new vaccine technology Save Normal text size Advertisement The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Sydney is a salient reminder of how crucial a successful vaccine will be in paving a path to normality. News of a growing cluster of cases on Sydneyâs northern beaches broke one week after The federal government has also ordered doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which has shown efficacy of up to 95 per cent and has been the first coronavirus vaccine to launch into communities. However, thereâs no chance of that vaccine being produced in Australia for the time being.