Moderna’s mRNA Manufacturing Facility in Melbourne a Step Closer to Completion

“Today marks another important milestone in Victoria’s partnership with the Commonwealth government and Moderna,” Victoria’s industry minister said.

Medical staff prepares Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at the newly-opened mass vaccination centre in Tokyo, Japan on May 24, 2021. Carl Court/Pool/File Photo via Reuters

Construction of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Melbourne—the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere—has reached its halfway mark, ahead of schedule.

During his visit to the facility in Clayton to celebrate the occasion, Victorian Minister of Industry Ben Carroll said the new facility would create more jobs and change people’s lives.