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(Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc will produce millions of mRNA vaccines a year in Australia after agreeing to set up one of its largest manufacturing facilities outside the United States and Europe. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the plant in Victoria state was expected to produce up to 100 million mRNA vaccine doses every year when it begins operations in 2024. “By advancing with this new partnership, we are building … our sovereign capability to manufacture these vaccines here in Australia,” Morrison told reporters in Melbourne. Morrison did not specify the financial d…