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$250 million investment to help prepare for the next pandemic

Published 31 August 2022, 6:49 am
A new global pandemic therapeutics centre will be established in Melbourne, financed by a record donation from an international businessman. Canadian and New Zealand philanthropist Geoffrey Cumming has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to ensure next time there’s a pandemic the world is better prepared.
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