MARKET OPEN: Vaccine jitters to weigh on travel stocks

MARKET OPEN: Vaccine jitters to weigh on travel stocks
Rebecca Howard
Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport, SkyCity Entertainment and Tourism Holdings are in for a rocky ride today after a pause in Johnson & Johnson’s covid-19 trial triggered concerns about the timing of a vaccine.“We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, including the phase 3 ensemble trial, due to an unexplained illness in a study participant,” Johnson & Johnson said.While other companies are also developing vaccines, J&J’s vaccine is the only single-dose v...

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