WHO approves China’s CoronaVacThe World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use — the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light. The UN health agency signed off on Sinovac’s two-dose vaccine CoronaVac, which is already being deployed in several countries around the world. “I’m happy to announce that the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine has been given WHO emergency use listing [EUL] after being found to be safe, effective, and quality-assured,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Last month Sinopharm became the first Chinese vaccine to be approved by the WHO. WHO has also given EUL status to vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and the AstraZeneca jab produced in India, South Korea and the EU, which it counts separately.

Source: Bangkok Post May 07, 2021 15:45 UTC