The research and testing protocol for drugs and vaccines in Australia is very stringent. There are approved drugs in other countries, including the US, which Australia will not approve because of the high standards required for approval. I think the plan is to fast track approval if a vaccine or a cure is found, but Australia will only bend the rules to a point.
It is imperative to try and identify the original cause of the virus in order to search for a vaccine and prevent future outbreaks, which might involve a more deadly virus next time. But the political rhetoric about the origin of the virus being tossed around by the US and China is not helping and must be embarrassing in the eyes other world governments.
