Sinopharm China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine gets WHO's nod for emergency use
Geneva/IBNS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday gave emergency use approval for a coronavirus vaccine made by China's state-owned drug manufacturer Sinopharm, said a Reuters report.
The vaccine is one of the two shots made by China and has been exported to several countries and given to millions of people in China, according to the report.
It is also the first vaccine made by a non-western country to get the UN health body's approval and also the first Chinese vaccine to get its nod for any infectious disease, the report said.
This draws significance as WHO's approval is a benchmark of safety and efficacy of a product for countries. It also means that the Chinese vaccine can now be included in COVAX, the programme to make available coronavirus vaccine to poor countries across the globe.
Johnson & Johnson, AsyraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have so far received approval for emergency use from WHO.
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