Australian universities are pressing the federal government to approve the two Chinese vaccines Sinovac and Sinopharm, after Australia’s drugs regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), said that it would be advising the government on Chinese and Indian vaccines soon. The regulator has so far approved Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Moderna, and AstraZeneca. Citing the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognition of the Chinese vaccines and that the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada have already decided to accept Chinese students, the university sector is urging the government to move quickly on this issue. “We are encouraging the Commonwealth to move quickly on that,” Professor Barney Glover, the convener of NSW Vice-Chancellors’ Committee, told The Sydney Morning Herald. “It is not just important for international education. It is going to be important for short visitation and long visitation.” The comments from Glover comes after the New South Wales (NSW) state government confirmed last …