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CSL-UQ COVID-19 vaccine trial abandoned over false positive HIV tests

A leading Australian coronavirus vaccine trial has been abruptly abandoned by the federal government after participants returned false positive results in HIV tests.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt confirmed the vaccine trial by the University of Queensland and Australian biotech giant CSL has been stopped, despite there being no risk of the jab causing HIV.

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