The coronavirus vaccine manufactured by US company Johnson & Johnson, has received a thumbs up from the World Health Organization (WHO). The approval means its vaccine can be distributed by the international COVAX program, which is trying to make sure vaccines get to poorer nations. It is the third vaccine to get WHO approval, after those from Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca. “But the hope offered by these tools will not materialize unless they are made available to all people in all countries. The WHO says it has seen no such link, but it is continuing to monitor research into the matter.

Source: The Nation March 14, 2021 08:03 UTC